honorable mention
Jason Grim united states
title
This Is Dying
These portraits gave me a way to cope with his death, with the overall idea of the series being confronting death itself. I don't believe in some kind of afterlife or paradise, so taking these portraits allowed me to accept his death not just as an emotional event, but as a factual one, too, that happens to everyone. By looking at death in this way, I explore that feeling of suddenly leaving every loved one behind and never really having enough time. It's messy, unnerving, and never the right time.
After my father's passing, I continued the series by documenting my mother and I's journey in the wake of the funeral. The sadness and also anger at how he had treated people boiled to the surface. A mixture of emotions came through from all ends of the spectrum as we remembered his life.
This series is a farewell to my father and a study of losing a loved one and the mourning process. It reminds me that death, while it is unkind and unrelenting, is a natural part of life.
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entry description
My father passed away from terminal cancer on December 21, 2017. I had taken a couple of portraits in the beginning of December to start a project I had in mind documenting cancer and his journey. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that shooting those photographs would be the last time I saw him alive.These portraits gave me a way to cope with his death, with the overall idea of the series being confronting death itself. I don't believe in some kind of afterlife or paradise, so taking these portraits allowed me to accept his death not just as an emotional event, but as a factual one, too, that happens to everyone. By looking at death in this way, I explore that feeling of suddenly leaving every loved one behind and never really having enough time. It's messy, unnerving, and never the right time.
After my father's passing, I continued the series by documenting my mother and I's journey in the wake of the funeral. The sadness and also anger at how he had treated people boiled to the surface. A mixture of emotions came through from all ends of the spectrum as we remembered his life.
This series is a farewell to my father and a study of losing a loved one and the mourning process. It reminds me that death, while it is unkind and unrelenting, is a natural part of life.
about the photographer
I grew up obsessing over photographs in Vanity Fair and National Geographic magazines. The work of Annie Leibovitz is what first got me hooked into photography, with all the emotions and scenarios the medium can bring to the viewer. This passion extended into my college years, where I received my Bachelors in Fine Art Photography from the University of North Florida in 2013.back to gallery