Eighty Six: Four Years After Oriental Granny
June, 2007
Hartford, Connecticut
About
Photographed in the summer of 2007, four years after Oriental Granny, this series continues the documentation of the effects of Parkinson's disease on my grandmother.
On Parkinsons
From Wikipedia:
Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. It is characterized by muscle rigidity, resting tremor (characteristically at around 5Hz), a slowing of physical movement (bradykinesia) and, in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement (akinesia). The primary symptoms are the results of decreased stimulation of the motor cortex by the basal ganglia, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the brain located in the substantia nigra. Secondary symptoms may include high level cognitive dysfunction (possibly secondary to Lewy body dissemination) and subtle language problems. PD is both chronic and progressive.
