Medic
Jennifer B Hudson
Photolucida
English
Hardcover
48 pages
254 x 254 mm
2011
ISBN 9781934334133
Jennifer B Hudson’s book explores the tenderness of human relationships during illness and recovery. Each image is beautifully crafted and meticulously staged on hand-built sets. The viewer is transported to a world (perhaps the early 20th century?) where languishing patients are attached to antique apparatuses and fantastical, imagined medical equipment. The images are interspersed with touching, anonymous personal notes (handwritten or typed) — reminiscences of those who have tenderly watched over ailing loved ones.
While the visual language of MEDIC is imaginary, the language of love and loss is very real. The heartbreak of seeing a loved one suffer and the desire to assuage pain with a tender word and loving touch are universal. Hudson’s sensitive approach and compelling aesthetic infuse these subjects with new resonance.
(source:https://www.photolucida.org/medic/#:~:text=Jennifer%20B%20Hudson’s%20book%20explores,staged%20on%20hand%2Dbuilt%20sets.)
About the Artist
Jennifer B Thoreson (Hudson) is a fresh, young visual fine art photographer creating staged imagery that is both artistically stylized and meticulously crafted. Drawing inspirations from themes of faith, restitution and re-purpose, and the intricacy of personal relationships, Jennifer is a dynamic and emotional illustrator of the human heart. With an innate ability to plumb the antique, the work is soulful; seeking the use of the forgotten or discarded, eerie and quiet.
(source: https://www.all-about-photo.com/photographers/photographer/89/jennifer-thoreson-hudson)
About the Publisher
Photolucida is an Art Nonprofit whose mission is to provide platforms that expand, inspire, educate, and connect the national and international photography community.
https://www.photolucida.org/
