Roller Coaster. Scenes from a Marriage expresses a variety of moments most long-term relationships face with intended honesty, intimacy, and humour. In western culture, growing old is often accompanied by feelings of shame. Terms such as losing your wits, becoming irrelevant and �being abandoned haunt older individuals. Aimee McCrory s goal as a photographer is to raise awareness regarding the joys and the challenges of growing old together. Drawing upon her background in theatre, she created the series as a pseudo-documentary version of the relationship with her husband of forty-two years, Don. McCrory manipulates their personal domestic circumstances just enough to heighten elements of mystery. The viewer s array of responses may say more about their domestic relationships than about what can be seen in the actual photographs.
