On Mother's Day 2011, photographer B.D. Colen got an unexpected call from his college best friend, Rev. Bill Potter. Potter, a 62-year-old Episcopal clergyman and a heavy smoker who had spent months volunteering at Ground Zero, was dying of lung cancer. A few weeks later, Colen, who teaches documentary photography at MIT, traveled to visit Potter at a hospice in New Hampshire. It was clear when he arrived that Potter didn't have much time left. Colen asked the family if he should take photograph...
On Mother's Day 2011, photographer B.D. Colen got an unexpected call from his college best friend, Rev. Bill Potter. Potter, a 62-year-old Episcopal clergyman and a heavy smoker who had spent months volunteering at Ground Zero, was dying of lung cancer. A few weeks later, Colen, who teaches documentary photography at MIT, traveled to visit Potter at a hospice in New Hampshire. It was clear when he arrived that Potter didn't have much time left. Colen asked the family if he should take photograph...
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