September 2006: “Amor-te” - Museu da Água - Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras, Lisboa

Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta; “Life Before Death”

The photographer Walter Schels and the journalist Beate Lakotta asked terminally ill patients if they might remain with them during the final weeks, days and hours of their lives. From these vigils emerged a collection of sensitive and illuminating portraits of people as their lives drew to a close.

LIFE BEFORE DEATH comprises a series of large format, black and white photographs taken shortly before and immediately after the death of each subject. The exhibition articulates the experiences, hopes and fears of the terminally ill and gives them a final opportunity to be heard.