Moments Held: Bereavement Photography When a Baby or Child Dies with guest Todd Hochberg
Submitted by Monica Novak on March 10, 2009 – 8:44 pmMonica Novak is Editor of the Open to Hope Pregnancy & Infant Loss Blog. Monica became a bereaved mother in 1995 with the stillbirth of her daughter Miranda, learning firsthand the devastation of... more
No CommentFrom Healing the Grieving Heart Radio April 3, 2008
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Todd Hochberg is a documentary photographer. Working in conjunction with hospital bereavement programs, palliative care programs, hospices and directly with individuals, he makes documentary photographs for families struggling with a loved one’s serious illness or grieving the death of a loved one. The images serve as touchstones for feelings and memories pertaining to deep significant relationships and spiritual connections some of which may flourish in the intimacy of the last days or months of life. His Touching Souls Bereavement Photography has supported parents experiencing perinatal loss, as they say goodbye to their babies, since 1997. Hochberg brings 20 years of photographic experience in health care to his work.
His bereavement photographs are part of the permanent collection of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography. He has received an International Center of Photography Infinity Award nomination for 2001 and was a finalist in the W. Eugene Smith Grant Competition in Humanistic Photography for 2003.
Hochberg’s work has been featured in Life magazine, Photo District News, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Santa Fe Center for Photography web journal, the Association for Death Education and Counseling’s journal The Forum and Our Bodies, Ourselves 35th Anniversary Edition. Todd presents to a variety of professional groups nationally and locally. He can be reached at todd@toddhochberg.com or visit his website at www.toddhochberg.com
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