92 x 92cm

Archival pigment print on cotton rag

Framed in black box frame

Edition 2 of 6

Forget Me Not, 2020

What happens to your sense of self when you lose your memory? And how do we appear to others? Beautiful, elegant and engaged, Patricia defied the stereotype of a woman at 90 before developing dementia. I ask us to consider how in Western culture we regard, portray — and often render invisible — the elderly, especially as they decline. How might we respect and celebrate their beauty and humanity in all states of being?  

From my series ‘Patricia’s Room’. 

Photographer Jennifer Blau explores the emotional landscape, focusing on the liminal experience of life transitions that many of us share; between love and loss, the known and unknown, presence and impermanence. She seeks to capture these collective human experiences, and reflect on how they are mirrored in nature.

Jennifer’s photography has been widely exhibited and recognised in Australia and internationally with subjects spanning portraiture and environment. Awards include winner in the British Journal of Photography’s Female in Focus award (2022), finalist in Australia’s National Photographic Portrait Prize (2021), Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Award (2023 and 2024), Burwood Art Prize (2023) and Head On Photo Awards (2021, 2013). In 2024/2025, Jennifer exhibited Between Me and the Sea as Artist in Profile at Mosman Art Gallery. Her series Patricia’s Room was a featured exhibition at Head On Photo Festival in 2021.

Jennifer is author of The 50 Book: Women Celebrate Life about the experience of women in midlife. She has a Master of Documentary Photography from Sydney College of the Arts (2012) and Master of Art Therapy from Western Sydney University (2018). Jennifer lives on Cammeraygal land on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.