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DESCRIPTION:Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta spent over a year talking to an
 d photographing terminally ill patients. These experiences had a profound e
 ffect on them and their attitudes to death and its discourse. Join Walter\,
  Beate and Sheila Payne of Lancaster University for an intimate exploration
  of this remarkable project. 
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\n*_Speakers _*
\n> Beate Lakotta\, scienc
 e editor\, 'Der Spiegel' news magazine
\n> Walter Schels\, photographer 
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\n*_Facilitator _*
\n> Shelia Payne\, Professor of Hospice Studies\, Lanca
 ster University
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\n_In support of the ‘Life Before Death’ exhibition.
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\n*_Walter Schels_*
\nI was born in Landshut\, Bavaria\, in 1936. I
 n the early 1950s I earned my living as a window dresser in Barcelona\, Tor
 onto and Geneva. In 1966 I went to New York to become a photographer\; I re
 turned to Germany in 1970 and worked in advertising and for various magazin
 es. In 1975 I had a milestone experience\, when I was asked to document bir
 ths for a parenting magazine. That’s when I saw the face of a newborn chi
 ld for the first time. But it wasn’t a faceless being - it had an aged\, 
 knowing face with a past. Since that time\, I have developed an increasing 
 fascination with faces and portraiture. My main interest became observing t
 he human existence in extreme conditions.
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\n*_Beate Lakotta_*
\nI was bo
 rn in 1965\, and studied German literature and political science in Heidelb
 erg. Since 1999 I have been a journalist for the science section of 'Der Sp
 iegel' magazine\, contributing feature articles covering diverse aspects of
  medicine and psychology. I’m especially interested in exploring the cond
 itions of the beginning and end of life in times of high-tech medicine and 
 modern intensive care.
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SUMMARY:Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta in conversation 
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