October 28th, 2017 – 8 years ago today, I posted this first portrait announcing the Faces of Fortitude project. The portrait was my own, along with the story of the loss of my brother Jimmy. You can’t find a lot of photos that I posed for in those years. I didn’t like myself very much…
Tag: grief
Colette
I would like to introduce you to Colette. We met at the AFSP Out of the Darkness walk, where she was walking for her mother. I was immediately struck by her story – experiencing so many levels of grief over her lifetime and beyond – through the generations of family on both sides of her…
Angelina
Angie is one of the souls I was destined to meet from the ASFP walk this past year in Seattle. Its an event I always find people I connect deeply to. When you have lost someone this specific way, your heart looks franticly for someone that has felt that kind of pain. When you find…
Christina
Christina’s session was very tender for me. I curate this project very specifically, as an art project of course but also I have to curate around my own mental health around the different types of loss and trauma. Christina lost her younger brother Tim to suicide. I always try to be very sensitive with myself…
Amanda & Alyssa
Amanda and Alyssa are sisters who lost their dad to suicide 17 years ago. They were 16 and 19 years old when he died. I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose a parent in such a traumatic way, at such a pivotal and important time of your life. I enjoy having Faces of Fortitude…
The Faces of Fortitude 