Last Picture of You
Last Picture of You is about last wishes communicated through words, artworks, video, workshops and installation art.
An intention for this project, was to encourage conversations about an important fact of life, death. Both practical and reflective. How might we want to our funerals to go? How might we want our lives to be reflected on and lived…
2023 was the continuation of a journey that began 15 years ago when Arti asked others a short series of questions about their last wishes, having recently experienced loss herself. What came back was so moving it became an installation and a printed booklet – the original ‘Last Picture of You’ (LPU).
In 2023 Arti revisited the original questions with Lisa and invited friends, family and people she had worked with, to contribute, posing a series of questions to act as a ‘window’ to their last wishes.
A response a day was ‘released’ on this websitein line with the Deptford X festival running from 22 September to 1 October 2023.
The original set of responses in 2006 will be held here.
The Latest…
Arti – I’m thinking about adding something around my friend Tracy Edwards as I’ve my own poems to share and one of hers as part of the last picture of her. A newer person in my life, Marco, created a stunning website for a close friend of theirs Roberto Pietro Guerrino that died around the same time as Tracy. It includes the layers of Roberto, including his alter, Dea.
Here are a set of responses from 2023 as the project evolved.
A moving, deeply personal, story about Shaun Gunning and the struggles around palliative care, with a call to action.
Watch Liyanne Unasa’s video and artwork response to questions about last wishes whilst living with Cancer.
Read Becky Bishop’s thoughtful response to last wishes (Suicide reference)
See Ali Zaidi’s reflective response with some of his artworks.
Karen O’Neill responds with grace and humility after close losses.
Emma Robert’s pragmatic and layered.
Leigh Andrews, and her mum June, honest, proud and defiantly alive.
Cheri Gillings shares her journey and reflections on loss poetically.
Arrshi Singh maintains a reflection dancing in purple.
The final two shared on 1st October, Tina Carroll , both in the skies of life and love, with a cost of living conscious. Lisa Lonsdale’s wishes are reflective, wise, and witty, in the dark and light.
Last Picture of You will also be a site-specific installation at Deptford Lounge, London SE8, developing throughout the festival.
If this has sparked your interest, visit HERE to leave your response to the series of questions about last wishes that birthed this project.
You can find juicy and varied resources around grief, death and more.
Last Picture of You © 2026 by Arti Dillon is licensed
under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Questions for 2023
So much has happened for all of us over the years and loss has been around us much more. As several conversations around the subject came up in a short period of time and a direct request, I’ve started the process to revisit the Last Picture of You. I would like to encourage people to…
