Migraine Study

This collection of photographs is my attempt at documenting my husband Ian’s debilitating migraines. With the camera acting as a buffer, this creative process allows for a certain detachment while bearing witness to his suffering and, alternatively, to his attempts at relief. Their almost daily presence: focal, visible, palpable as a pulse, affects every aspect of life. Chronic pain exhausts, it diminishes, it plunders. It is the utter absence of joy, wellness and quality of life. When the migraine lifts, light returns and the story is flipped: the absence of pain restores vitality and the meaningful life resumes.