Personal Statement I wasn’t setting out to become a Photographer. I was just going through a grieving stage of remembering children who had died on my watch. They died in my care. I hardly grieved for them. I hardly had time. I wasn’t supposed to cry. I also barely had time to celebrate the birth of my children. This went on for years. Ten~twelve, maybe. When I worked as a pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, I carried a camera with me, everywhere. I found pathology fascinating and I felt it easier to express myself with pictures than with words. When I stopped working due to my own illness, I still had my camera. But when I looked into the lens, I saw life and death differently. I finally had time to grieve, and celebrate. This is when these photographs emerged. I often wonder if I have to continue to grieve to continue to take these pictures.... I found a letter from my grandma Sarah just the other day that she sent to me when I was traveling in 1975 as a teenager and wrote to me: “Wendy dear, if you don’t have a camera with you, remember everything you see.” ........I think I will be taking these photographs for a long time. Wendy Sacks, M.D. Photographer
