Simon Andrew MacArthur

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Senescence

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Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Nationality: British

Biography: Born in Claverham, England—Simon Andrew MacArthur is a documentary photographer whose work is focused on visually interpreting the world through an environmental lens. In 1984, Simon completed a BA in Documentary Photography from The... MORE

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Senescence

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Updated Jul 2016

Topics Abandonment, Aging, Black and White, Blind, Community, Deaf, Disability, Documentary, dotage, Dying/Death, Editorial, Emotion, Environment, Environmental, Family, Health/Healing, Homelessness, Loss, Mental Illness, Personal, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Privacy, retirement, senescence, stroke

A glimpse inside a home for the aged in the UK. Many of the men were retired seamen with little means of support in their old age, other than a meagre state pension. Maladies ranged from deafness, blindness, many stroke victims, dementia, diabetes and severe osteoporosis.