“The only thing as powerful as our grief is the love we have for those we've lost,” says photographer Caroline Catlin. In this meditation on the intersection of life and death, Catlin shares how her personal journey with loss drove her to capture the elusive moments of grace and beauty that exist even in the hardest moments imaginable.”
Why I Photograph the Quiet Moments of Grief and Loss
This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSeattle, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it.
Interviews and Podcasts
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Seattle photographer Caroline Catlin volunteers taking portraits of the last moments of dying adults, and critically ill children. She uses the work as a way to cope with her own incurable brain cancer.
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September 2019
A brain cancer diagnosis leads a 27-year old mental health worker to use photography to help parents of critically ill children reconcile with death and dying.
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October 2019
Alyssa talked to Caroline Catlin about her experience photographing end-of-life sessions while living with brain cancer.
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February 2023
On this episode, Caroline Catlin talks about how her cancer diagnosis motivated a career change from social worker to nonfiction writer. Plus, after transferring from one MFA program to another during the first year, she tells Jared about advice she has for other writers considering this option.
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September 2022
In this episode Ethan and Caroline discuss how they relate to dis-ease in their own lives and those around them. They discuss their relationships with mortality, creativity and connection through the life changes that accompany a major diagnosis.
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April 2020
Writer and photographer Caroline Catlin joins us for a raw conversation about receiving an incurable cancer diagnosis, her experience photographing critically ill children, and the gratitude and community that guides her.