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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.92,0:00:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC, melodic piano and guitar throughout...]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.24,0:00:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple years prior to beginning the project
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.30,0:00:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i had spent a year in New Jersey
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.38,0:00:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caring for both my parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.26,0:00:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mum has alzheimer's disease
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.57,0:00:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and during that period
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.03,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i made a conscious decision
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:00:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to photograph my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.60,0:01:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it did though have a big emotional impact on me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.57,0:01:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i knew, somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.59,0:01:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was gonna emerge in my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.77,0:01:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About a year after, uh, that time in new jersey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.79,0:01:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i was visiting a relatives property,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.67,0:01:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she had a very old horse
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.17,0:01:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Petey.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.47,0:01:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i was just fascinated, mesmerized with Petey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.38,0:01:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, uh, fell in love with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.76,0:01:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spent the afternoon photographing him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.15,0:01:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But i didnt think that there was the basis
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.70,0:01:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a long term project there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.64,0:01:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i was thinking of it as more therapy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.02,0:01:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it organically developed into a project.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.61,0:02:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been points when
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.29,0:02:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i've fought back tears as im shooting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.71,0:02:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, the rooster, in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.17,0:02:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was just in such a sad state
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.51,0:02:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when i encountered him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.47,0:02:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i was just feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.100,0:02:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.93,0:02:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when i was with him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.14,0:02:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i wanted to make sure that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.87,0:02:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i honoured the experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.80,0:02:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i wanted the images to be unflinching in their detail
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.81,0:02:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i didnt want there to be any risk of sentimentality
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.59,0:02:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.26,0:03:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it feels to me disrespectful, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.65,0:03:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to who the animal really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.53,0:03:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a lot of respects these images
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.48,0:03:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say as much about me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.38,0:03:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they do about my subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.01,0:03:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The caregivers have found a lot of comfort
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.33,0:03:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the images,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.42,0:03:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly after their animals have passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.86,0:03:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That there is an image that they feel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.53,0:03:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has really shown who their animal was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.98,0:03:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i'm looking at mortality, and aging,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.56,0:03:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not easy subject material.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.27,0:03:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the subjects do seem sad, and tired.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.70,0:03:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them are downright defiant,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.42,0:04:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stare down the camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.88,0:04:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think these images
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.50,0:04:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are testaments to survival and endurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.52,0:04:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding meaning and joy in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.97,0:04:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of physical limitations and challenges.