Biography
Virgil DiBiase (b.1963), a son of Italian immigrants grew up in rural northeast Ohio, in the woods. He grew up speaking Italian in his home and speaking English at school and with friends. He thought every kid his age spoke Italian at home.
His father was a photographer and made beautiful 8x10 silver gelatin prints of his family. When he was 10 or 11 or so he accompanied his father to the dark room and couldn’t believe that an image on a piece of paper, in a tray with water could magically appear before his eyes. From that point on he made pictures, developed film and made silver gelatin prints, however awful they may be. He thought every kid had a darkroom in their basement. He went on to pursue medical school, is a practicing neurologist and now lives in rural northwest Indiana, in the woods.
His primary focus is dementia, both neurologically and photographically. Dementia is a neurodegenerative process that affects the brain and people lose their memories and words.
