This series was completed in December 2015 as part of my Expressive class portfolio.  

My mother and I were very close.  She exemplified what it meant to be a truly authentic, beautiful, giving person.  She passed away in 2005 when I was 24 years old.

I got married in 2012, without her.  All of the wedding planning, sharing, and excitement, I experienced without her by my side.  I wore her wedding dress on my own wedding day.

Weddings are a happy time, but there was this aching sadness that never left my side the day I got married. These images are my attempt to show the grief and loss I tried to hide on my wedding day.