In this episode we sit down with documentary photographer Nancy Borowick to talk about what it truly means to hold love through a camera — and how photography can become an act of presence, care, and connection.
Nancy’s acclaimed project The Family Imprint began as a way to stay present with her parents as they both underwent treatment for cancer. What started as something deeply personal became a body of work that has resonated with people around the world, opening conversations about love, loss, and what it truly means to live alongside grief.
In our conversation, Nancy speaks candidly about using the camera as both a shield and a bridge — a way to process her own emotions while honoring her parents’ experience. We talk about trust, responsibility, and the ethics of photographing those closest to us, as well as how her background in anthropology influences the way she connects with people and stories.
But this episode isn’t only about heaviness. We also laugh. We talk about motherhood, slowing down, redefining success, and why photographing dogs became a joyful and necessary counterbalance in her life.
This is a conversation about holding space for both grief and joy — and about how photography can help us do exactly that.
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📸 See more of Nancy's work:
https://www.nancyborowick.com/
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