Shattered
My project Shattered is highly personal as it chronicles the biggest challenge my family has ever faced, a medical mistake leading to the upheaval of life as we knew it.
This project has been in development for the past few years and has lovingly been dubbed 'The Dark Show' by my close friends and family. My images were created as an emotional outlet to survive a very dark period of my life. There were many moments I did not want to survive and I was overwhelmed. I wish I could say I handled it all with grace and dignity but looking back the best I can say is I was brave, I did the best I could and I honored my wedding vows. I am currently working on truly acknowledging to myself that this was enough.
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As a wife, mother, public school art teacher and artist Tamara prided herself on her ability to serves those around her. Until a medical malpractice turned her entire family’s world upside down.
Shattered is a collection of artworks and writing about Tamara’s journey of navigating the after effects of her husband being left critically injured after a medical malpractice incident. While this project began as a coping mechanism to survive It has evolved into a call for action for awareness. It challenges all of us to reexamine and change how our society provides patient care.
Tamara Folven Andersen lost her husband Kirk after a horrific medical malpractice incident. She became his caregiver and patient advocate until this same incident resulted in his way to early death – 49.