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Foam_3h: Emilie Hudig – Control
May 28-July 8, 2009
Control documents Hudig’s struggle with Hodgkin’s Disease, cancer of the lymph nodes. The result is a personal and candid series about a young mother’s battle with illness.
In July 2007, then aged 34 and free of Hodgkin's for 13 years, Hudig was told that her disease had returned. She bought a small analogue camera and made a commitment to herself to take at least three photos a day, documenting her illness. It was like keeping a diary. Hudig, who earns her living as a documentary photographer, was able to use the camera to work through the feelings that she experienced. Taking photos helped her deal with her fears. For example, Hudig asked the assistant doctors to photograph her while she was having treatment. This transformed the atmosphere in the surgery and actually lifted her anxiety. |
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Emilie Hudig is interested in subjects that she can photograph from close proximity, yet which have a certain social relevance that transcends the personal. ‘Control’ conforms perfectly to her concept of telling the subject’s story and in doing so approaching the subject as closely as possible. Yet this series is not about Hudig herself. Her aim is to provide an insight into the everyday life of a cancer patient. A life dominated in part by chemotherapy and treatments, yet still goes on.
Emilie Hudig (b. 1973, Rotterdam) graduated in 2007 in documentary photography at Fotoacademie Amsterdam. She has shown work in group exhibitions at LOODS 6, Amsterdam and Noorderlicht Galerie in Groningen. She has also worked as a photographer for magazines such as Nieuwe Revu and George. In 2007, she was nominated for the Photo Academy Award by Volkskrant Magazine, Standaard and FOAM, winning the exhibition prize. |
