Journeys with Grief..
This series highlights 12(-24) people in grief over loved-ones that have died.
Our Western culture hides the portion of the cycle of life that is death.
How do you handle it? How do you cope? What do you do with a dead body?
How can you talk to a friend who is in grief? How do we not isolate those in grief because we are afraid to speak to them?
This series seeks to portray the humanity of many different people in grief, highlight their grief stories and start a conversation -AN AWARENESS- of how to talk about grief.
It is a part of life. So how do we bring it to consciousness, in our culture, so that we do not seek to hide from the pain and confusion. Let us embrace those we know who are in grief for loved-ones who have died and understand a compassionate way to communicate that does not isolate this same group of people. Inevitably, it will ONE DAY be us.
Photographer and Artist: Jady Bates (IG:@jadybates) Concept & Series Collaborator: Jodie Brauer
Our Western culture hides the portion of the cycle of life that is death.
How do you handle it? How do you cope? What do you do with a dead body?
How can you talk to a friend who is in grief? How do we not isolate those in grief because we are afraid to speak to them?
This series seeks to portray the humanity of many different people in grief, highlight their grief stories and start a conversation -AN AWARENESS- of how to talk about grief.
It is a part of life. So how do we bring it to consciousness, in our culture, so that we do not seek to hide from the pain and confusion. Let us embrace those we know who are in grief for loved-ones who have died and understand a compassionate way to communicate that does not isolate this same group of people. Inevitably, it will ONE DAY be us.
Photographer and Artist: Jady Bates (IG:@jadybates) Concept & Series Collaborator: Jodie Brauer
This series in still in progress.