Diabetes

For this project the main idea that I wanted to explore was; Diabetes.Diabetes (type 1) for it is considered an invisible illness, so many who are not extremely close with someone of this illness do not see the behind the scenes reality and challenges that occur. Especially with the rise in conversations around diabetes and the cost of essential medical supplies. While I am not someone who has diabetes, I do have a friend who was willing to be my model for this project. With her knowledge and background of this subject I was able to express a lot of emotion and feelings through this series. I used the studio to take pictures of not only my friend who has diabetes but also a friend who does not have diabetes. I decided to do two different pieces, one focused just on Caddy showing a series of photos of her being alone and keeping to herself and the last picture is of her becoming more open and letting someone in. The second piece goes off of the last photo from the first piece; here you can see Caddy starts to open up and share with Krystian about her diabetes and in the end Krystian is now more involved and aware of what is happening to Caddy on an everyday basis.