A Mirrored
Memory is the name of a collection of photographs by photographer Tom Hussey. Hussey’s compelling photography was featured in
Communication Arts 2010 Photography Annual. This collection stems from Hussey’s recent collaboration with a pharmaceutical
company launching a new drug that aids Alzheimer sufferers. It consists of
eight images, each containing an older individual and a reflection of their
mirrored youthful selves. Students, firemen, nurses and more transcend through
the mirror opposite each photograph’s subject. Due to the collection being
published on the internet, the general public can be considered its audience as
well as those specifically interested in photography or fans of Tom Hussey. The
purpose of these photos is to evoke the emotions associated with the disease in
order to promote the new drug. Hussey has obviously accomplished this through
the universal medium of photography. The most important rhetorical device used
in the composition of these photos is the expressions they contain. The severe or subtle difference
in each subject’s facial expression as compared to his or her “reflection”
speaks volumes of the person they used to be. This acts as a sort of visual
pathos, easily evoking emotion from a large base of viewers. Evoking this emotion accomplishes Hussey's purpose and provides an intimate view of the effects of the Alzheimer disease.
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