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Nunn Awarded 2017 Bob & Diane Fund Grant
15 November 2017
The Bob & Diane Fund, a grant-making organization dedicated to promoting Alzheimer's awareness, is awarding $5,000 to British photographer Christopher Nunn for his work, Falling into the Day. In addition, Sony Imaging is generously donating an a7S II camera and an FE 24-70 ZA lens to this year's grantee. The contest attracted 67 submissions from 22 countries.
From 'Falling into the Day. Three images from Christopher Nunn's series.
The award amount represents the average annual unpaid care provided by over 15 million caregivers providing 18.1 billion hours of unpaid care. The fund attempts to bring awareness, interest and support for funding research efforts by awarding a photographer whose work tells the stories of patients with dignity and respect.
Nunn is a British photographer working on personal projects and commissions throughout the UK and Europe. He graduated from Bradford College with a degree in photography in 2004 and is currently working on long-term documentary projects in Ukraine, where he has worked over multiple trips since 2013.
"Christopher's work puts me in the shoes of a person who has Alzheimer's and I can feel the isolation and loneliness with the progression of the disease. This work is very tenderly done." said Sarah Leen, director of photography at National Geographic Magazine.
Nunn's work, Falling into the Day will be presented in the Washington Post In Sight and is featured now on the Bob & Diane Fund site.
The Bob & Diane Fund, which launched in June 2016, is the passion project of Gina Martin, founder of the Fund, whose mother, Diane, succumbed to Alzheimer's after a five-year battle. Diane's high school sweetheart and husband for almost 50 years, Bob, was her primary caregiver and died just three months later. Their legacy of generosity and compassion for others was what inspired Gina to create the Fund in their names.
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The Bob & Diane Fund, a grant-making organization dedicated to promoting awareness of this currently incurable disease, is awarding that same amount, $5,000, to British photographer Christopher Nunn for his work, Falling into the Day. In addition, Sony Imaging is generously donating an a7S II camera and an FE 24-70 ZA lens to this year's grantee.
Today's announcement attempts to bring awareness, interest and support for funding research efforts by awarding a photographer whose work tells the stories of patients with dignity and respect.
The Bob & Diane Fund, which launched in June 2016, is the passion project of Gina Martin, founder of the Fund, whose mother, Diane, succumbed to Alzheimer's after a five-year battle. Diane's high school sweetheart and husband for almost 50 years, Bob, was her primary caregiver and died just three months later. Their legacy of generosity and compassion for others was what inspired Gina to create the Fund in their names.
"The visual stories of patients and caregivers can humanize what is, in fact, a very cruel and dehumanizing disease," says Gina. "My hope is that the work funded today and in the future will have a profound and lasting effect on people, persuading them to support and advocate for a cure."
Christopher's work, Falling into the Day will be presented in the Washington Post In Sight and featured on http://www.bobanddianefund.org.
With 67 submissions from 22 countries the contest was judged by a jury of esteemed photojournalism professionals, all of whom expressed unanimous high praise for the awardee's work.
"Christopher's work puts me in the shoes of a person who has Alzheimer's and I can feel the isolation and loneliness with the progression of the disease. This work is very tenderly done." says Sarah Leen, director of photography, National Geographic Magazine.
"The work is more poetry than prose. It takes a very patient, talented and observant photographer to be able to capture the measure of time" says Chip Somodevilla, senior photographer, Getty Images News.
Michael Wichita, director of photography at AARP called the work, "Lovely and poetic. He uses the space and light and the artists work in a way to create images of his life."
