“Suffering is always hard to quantify - especially when a cruel disease as Alzheimer’s causes the pain. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer's destroys the mind - and in the process, annihilates the very self.”  - Jeffrey Kluger -

The photographs that you see are apart of a series of work showing the progression of the Alzheimer disease. The yellow and red embroidery are showing the shapes from the brain that is tangles in a textbook representation. The photos are the representation of plaques that are also forming but normally in our brain as we age. This is the reason why we forget where we put our keys, as we get older. The main idea for this project is to show the progression of the Alzheimer disease that has on the mind and memories that of a person identifies in life.

To date, there are no absolute ways of knowing what the cause for Alzheimer, but the plaques and tangles are one main theory of what kills the cells and tissue in the brain. Plaques are abnormal clusters of chemically “sticky” proteins called beta-amyloid that build up between nerve cells. The small clumps may block cell-to-cell signaling at synapses. Though most people develop some plaques and tangles as they age, those with Alzheimer’s tend to develop far more at a faster rate. The plaques and tangles tend to form in a predictable pattern, beginning in areas important in learning and memory and then spreading to other regions.

My goal is to bring more awareness to what Alzheimer is doing to people’s minds, and how every 65 seconds someone in the U.S. develops the disease.