MY BEST SHOT

‘My mother had dementia but beautiful things unfolded’: Cheryle St Onge’s best photograph

‘She wasn’t very fond of Skipper, our jack russell, who loved the hose. But they were dancing together – two beings in the afternoon sunlight, having their own conversation’

Interview  by Charlotte Jansen

25 November 2025

Iam an only child. My father was killed in a car accident when I was 14 and my mother was 47. We were really tightly bonded after that. She worked at a university and was an artist: she painted and carved birds. She was a wonderful person, who lit up a room and was someone everyone wanted to be around. She was very giving.