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  • Howie calls these “his and hers” chairs. He sits beside Laurel, his wife of thirty-four years, as they get their weekly chemotherapy treatments, side by side at Oncologist Dr. Barry Boyd’s office. Greenwich, Connecticut. January, 2013. © Nancy Borowick

    Howie calls these “his and hers” chairs. He sits beside Laurel, his wife of thirty-four years, as they get their weekly chemotherapy treatments, side by side at Oncologist Dr. Barry Boyd’s office. Greenwich, Connecticut. January, 2013. © Nancy Borowick

  • Playfully donning a blond wig, its business as usual for Laurel Borowick, cleaning the dishes after dinner in the family kitchen. Chappaqua, New York. February, 2013. © Nancy Borowick
  • Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home. In their thirty-four year marriage, they never could have imagined being diagnosed with stage-4 cancer at the same time. Chappaqua, New York. March 2013. © Nancy Borowick
  • Buried in his favorite Giant's jersey, HB baseball cap and jeans, Howard Borowick was laid to rest. He always liked to have the last word, so his funeral concluded with the eulogy that he wrote himself months before he died. His life, and his story, was evident in the faces of the hundreds that came to remember their friend. Mt. Kisco, New York. December 2013. © Nancy Borowick
  • Laurel Borowick celebrates her 59th birthday, her first birthday in over 34 years without husband Howard Borowick. She wears a festive purple wig while painting pottery with daughter Nancy near their home. Briarcliff, New York. March, 2014. © Nancy Borowick
  • With tumor growing in her liver causing distension and pressure in her stomach, Laurel struggles to breathe with ease. An oxygen machine is now a permanent fixture in the home and helps her when she feels she needs it. As the days go one, she begins using it more and more as her movement and speech become more labored. Chappaqua, NY. November 2014. © Nancy Borowick
  • Family friend Judy Fuhrer took Laurel through some restorative yoga in the Borowick's foyer hoping to help ease her strained breathing. Chappaqua, NY. November 2014.© Nancy Borowick
  • After changing her into clean clothing, Paul, her son-in-law, Jessica, her daughter, and Evalina, her caregiver, gently lay her back into her bed. Chappaqua, NY. December 2014. © Nancy Borowick
  • The minutes leading up to Laurel's death were tense. Her chest rose and fell with purpose and long pauses in between. The family watched, talking to her and telling her that they'd be ok and that it was ok to go. She took her final breath. Chappaqua, NY. December 2014. © Nancy Borowick
  • During Shiva, which followed Howard's death, all eyes were on his widow Laurel. Now, while the focus of Shiva is on Laurel, all eyes are on the Borowick kids, and the community bands together to provide love and support for these u201cadult orphansu201d as the rabbi puts it. Eyes are also on Marion, center, Laurel's 87-year-old mother. Chappaqua, NY. December 2014. © Nancy Borowick
  • Laurel did not know that this would be her last meal: her famous eggplant parmigianino recipe, made specially for her by her son Matthew. Chappaqua, NY, December 2014.n© Nancy Borowick
August 31, 2015
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People truly understand and appreciate life when faced with their own mortality. Nancy Borowick defines this through her personal project, following both her parents in treatment for stage-four cancer, side by side. She looks at love, life, and living in the face of death. She honors their memory by focusing on their strength and love, individually and together, and shares the story of their final chapters.
The exhibition Cancer Family, Ongoing is presented in part of Visa pour l’image – Perpignan Festival from August 29th to September  2015.

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