Born Enigmatic: My Sister’s Schizophrenia
2024 LensCulture, finalist and Jurors’ Choice award
"What strikes me about Donna Gordon's series of black-and-white portraits of her sister is the almost hopeless quest to capture through the lens our dearest loved ones. With a kind of cinematic impulse, it's about trying to detect the fleeting signs of the soul's evolution on the face and physiognomy of the person photographed — and more precisely here the traces of both illness and mutual affection. I'm very moved by the vulnerability conveyed by these images, both of the model and of the artist."
- Damarice Amao, AMARICE AMAO, Associate Curator, Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre Pompidou
My older sister Carol, a schizophrenic, passed away in October, 2021 of liver cancer. I was her guardian and lifeline for many years. These photographs shot with film were made at different stages of her illness and are printed here for the first time.
