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After discovering that she had Parkinson's disease, Torrance York focused her camera on the challenge to understand what the diagnosis would mean for her life and family. Through her journey onward and inward, she found her art impacting her life just as the opposite was obviously true. She describes it thus, 'What feels good about these pictures is that the images name the experience somewhat, and that is so satisfying. The photograph moves it out of me and into a form that other people can receive.' As Senf explains, 'With each photograph York is building a visual terminology for this journey she's on, which allows her to, quite literally, live life on her own terms.' In Semaphore, York presents photographs of nature, the human body, medical images, details from daily life, and of light, to speak metaphorically about her experience. Her poetic images bare human vulnerability, while inspiring optimism and connection. Over 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease. While this book is relevant to the Parkinson's community, it connects with others whose journeys require growth, patience, and perseverance to move forward.

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Torrance York is an artist and educator living in Connecticut. She earned a BA from Yale, 1988 and an MFA in Photography from Rhode Island School of Design, 1994. For her current project, Semaphore, York has won the Lenscratch Art + Science Award - Honorable Mention, been selected as a Critical Mass 2021 Finalist, received an Honorable Mention award from The Photo Review Competition 2020 and won the Olcott Family award as a semi-finalist in The Print Center 95th ANNUAL competition. York has had solos shows at Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT; New Canaan Museum & Historical Society; and Southport Gallery, Southport, CT; among others. Her work has been exhibited at venues including Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA; Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT; Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA; Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY. Her work is included in private collections nationally. She has been an artist in residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO, and received a Connecticut Artist Fellowship grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. She is an Artist Member of Silvermine Arts Center and her landscape work is represented by Littlejohn Contemporary. Since 2001 she has served on the Board of the Educational Video Center in NYC where she formerly taught documentary video.

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