Without Words

• Photographer
  Pascale Duin and Nathalie Duin
• Agency / Studio
  Indigo & Cacao Beeldmakers
• Technical Info
  Emotions In People With Dementia
• Photo Date
  2023

In people with dementia, the use of language becomes more difficult, while the share of feeling and emotion increases. Evoking positive feelings helps to engage people in the moment. With this series we want to show that you can still connect, although perhaps in a different way than before. Connection without words, where feelings and emotions still persist. Music is one of the last things in the brain to leave. It positively influences the mood, and it is a way to make contact. Also for people with dementia. The emotions in this series were created with the help of a music therapist.

Sisters Pascale and Nathalie Duin specialize in portrait photography. They work for different clients. One of their areas of focus is portraying people in elderly care.