Ed Kashi is an award-winning photojournalist whose work regularly appears in National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. His photographs were featured prominently in AJN's series on geriatric nursing, A New Look at the Old. Another of his images won first place in the 2007 photography contest "Faces of Caring: Nurses at Work," sponsored by AJN and the New York University College of Nursing. With writer Julie Winokur, Kashi has coproduced two multimedia projects, Aging in America: The Years Ahead and Denied: The Crisis of America's Uninsured.
About this photograph, Kashi explains, "Evelyn Bartholow, age 86, was among those injured when a tornado decimated the town of Spencer, South Dakota, on May 30, 1998. Even before the tornado, this small farming community was in decline; more than half its residents were senior citizens witnessing their way of life vanish. The tornado destroyed most of the town's buildings, including Ms. Bartholow's home and business. By August 1998, when this photo was taken, she was living in a residence for senior citizens in a nearby town." For more of Kashi's work, visit http://www.edkashi.com.