Sabrina Giacomaggio

Sending Thoughts and Prayers | Sending Thoughts and Prayers is a long form documentary series, telling the story of my mother’s last few years. Initially, in January 2019, the series was created out of necessity for me, a defense mechanism to the realities of my declining mother. Eventually, the series continued out of collaboration with her. Her speech and mobility were limited, but she clung to the idea that we were still able to do something, anything together. Through a number of health complications, we created the contents of Sending Thoughts and Prayers. The images primarily highlight our relationship, our navigation through life’s process, and an overarching fear of death.

In June 2020, my mother passed away while in isolation due to the pandemic. I will continue to work on the series we created together, with hopes of publishing the images into a book. www.sabrinagiacomaggio.com