The Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Librarywill be hosting a conversation with artist Joe Wallace about his powerful photo series “Day After Yesterday”this Saturday, February 5, from 2-4 pmwhich is currently on display in the Library’s Matz Gallery.
The photo exhibit juxtaposes Wallace’s portraits of individuals living with dementia with a photo of the subject at a younger age and a brief narrative of who they are as people.
The goal of this body of work is to de-stigmatize those living with dementia, use empathy as a means for connection and understanding, and tell a more complete story of those living with the disease and its effect on their families and loved ones.
Trained as a journalist, Wallace has been a portrait photographer and storyteller for two decades and has a deeply personal connection with dementia.
As his website outlines, his approach is to depict the whole…