The work of grief and the work with grief. Therapy and autotherapy with help of photography Cover Image

Praca żałoby i praca z żałobą. Terapia oraz autoterapia za pomocą fotografii
The work of grief and the work with grief. Therapy and autotherapy with help of photography

Author(s): Łucja Lange
Subject(s): Anthropology, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: therapy; photography; grief;

Summary/Abstract: In this article paper, the author presents her own experience of working as a photographer, using photography (or, more broadly, a photographic session) as an action that facilitates coping with the experience of loss. The article describes two types of bereavement sessions: the Memoir project and the Trauer project. In the first of the projects, the author took photographs and helped to conduct the session. In the latter case, she was both a performer and photographer. Both sessions had the intended effect and fit into the theoretical framework to which the author refers in the paper.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 119-133
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish