Dignified Exhibition Catalogue

Patterson Lawson's work, aptly titled Dignified, is a declaration of sorts, imploring all to look deeply and think carefully about the images of real people set before us. Each large-scale high-definition photograph of a person living with Alzheimer’s disease deftly communicates an intrinsic dignity that is not lost due to the devastating effects of disease on the body, soul and mind. Even though so much is lost, dignity persists at the core. Moreover, this focused project dually raises awareness about the rise of Alzheimer’s and how we all might in one way or another suffer its effects, a truth felt most deeply by those directly impacted by this disease.

This exhibition catalogue invites you to be brought close to and personally into the deep truth we all know, but often forget- that regardless of change, humans of all kinds are deeply and enduringly valuable in an unshakeable way and art has the power to shout this fact in the most resounding of ways.