DANÉS Salvi

Oblivion

Espagne

2012

This project, “Oblivion”, tries to document the process of cognitive deterioration that occurs with people who have Alzheimer’s disease. It creates a visual dialogue between moments in the person’s everyday life and the situations that create a feeling of uncertainty that we encounter somewhere between memories and forgetfulness.

About the artist

Salvi was born in Barcelona in 1985, and studies at the photographic institute of Catalonia. He has been published in a number of different Spanish publications and won many prizes, including second prize at the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards in the “Photojournalism & Documentary: Sport” category. He was recently highlighted as a new photographic talent by the FNAC, and won the silver medal for 2011 photographer of the year at the University of Missouri in Columbia.