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Published: 2008-06-17 12:42:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 17492; Favourites: 739; Downloads: 0
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About 5 months ago my future stepdaughters boyfriend killed himself. Since then she's been asking me to shoot a shot about her. She wasn't asking for one about this particular incident but just one about her life...Well, I had a shot like this that I was never happy with but the idea kept coming to my mind. We were called at about 4 AM by the cops. As long as I live I will never forget her screaming into the phone "what's wrong with him". It still gives me chills.
This is a re-shoot of the original idea. It's for her and for him. 23 years old is too young to die. Life is too precious. What a waste.
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I have been staring at this photo for awhile trying to think of something to say as a comment. I can think of nothing that can describe the impact this photo has had on me. However....I am moved to say this:
Your photography seems born of a mind that is highly sensitive to the hurt in the world. Please don't forget about the joy.
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...made me really speechless for a while. powerful, indeed and so sad. awesome pic, just brings emotions out perfectly.
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Wow Dave, powerful story and beautiful image as always.
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I favorited this a while ago thinking this was a very powerful piece, well-suited to bad news.
After a suicide by someone very close to me, this has taken on a much different perspective. I know some people get the news via phone - which is itself pretty damn rough, but in some ways kinder than seeing the person's body on the ground wrapped around the rifle they shot themself with.
I just wanted to say (now from this perspective) that this really captures quite well the topic of suicides, freak accidents, and other horrible, life-altering news. Thank you for conveying this in a way people who haven't experienced it can grasp.
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I can see you put your heart and soul into this. That alone is commendable. Brilliant.
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I tried to kill myself 2 times, but didnt have the power to do it, i would hurt to many people, its a selfish act i know that now. Im 17, and the idea of it, just plain stupid
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Thank you for letting me know that some people in that state can come back from it, that they do see how many people they can hurt by doing it.
The person in my life who just did this to himself...didn't see that. I wish he had.
I hope you can communicate your realization to others who may be thinking what you were, before you changed your mind. 
Thank you.
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This piece greatly speaks to me, for I have considered suicide too many times to count.
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Life is way, way, way too precious to want it to end. I'm older, I went through my destructive period when I was younger. I'm so glad I failed. No matter how bad you think life is it's still worth wanting.
Not preaching, just the truth. I'm so glad I'm alive. I hope you feel that way some day.
Thanks
D
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Thanks for trying to explain it to me
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That's terrible...
You've captured the sorrow in this.
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this is something all too personal and inspiring for me. good work
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This image is made all the more captivating by the sad story behind it. Very poignant.
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The photo is really fantastic.
I don`t know how you felt that time,
but I lost my aunt (43 is too young, too) this summer,
it was the first time I heard my dad crying on the phone, when he told me it.
I think it feels maybe a bit similar..
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oh wow...deep meaning and done wonderfully but, wow...
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Quite heartfelt and a wonderful picture. Very heartbreaking and meaningful. Got to be one of my favorite here on this site.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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This photo and it's description brought tears to my eyes. Im very sorry for what happened.
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I had a friend whom as of this month had taken his life afew years ago. Around the same age or so. I never picked up on his hopelessness when he told me that ' I can't shke it , noone cares why should I'. This was at work so I thought it was a usual. Pills. He was a bass player in a new band too. Very intense image, this one, since they found he had dragged himself toward the phone . This is sometimes the case in some cases police deal with. Sorry for your loss. This is a perfect warning to put up as poster in schools or eles where. Your a deep ole soul.
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no one knows the pain of death until you walk by the cold feeling of lost, where the idea of a soul vanish ...
your foto is one moment of this feeling...one scream!
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I feel sorry for him 
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It's so clean and beautiful, but with that horrible thing to it. So awesome.
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its so creative and beautiful, even though the idea is somewhat disturbing..
my writing has a tendency to be like that so i understand how bittersweet this is.
and my curse number has always been 23..just felt compelled to say that xD
all your work is very inspiring, please keep it up ^-^
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Really tragic, especially when something can do that one wishes the death.
The image transmits much, it is a great work.
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Thankyou....why didn't you tell me you took a picture for me? I just stumbled upon this....
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The background story behind this picture made it that much more amazing. Thank you for sharing your work. Condolences to your sister.
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I'm sorry to hear that =[ this is a beautiful shot
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this seriously gave me a violent flash back to the cover of stephen Kings everything is eventual short story collection.
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oh wow I had been running out the door and didn't read the comment, I am very sorry that happened.
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My dad got a phone call when my mom collapsed. I was eight. I still remember being in the basement at the time. I never saw my dad move so fast. It frightened me.
The imagery hit me.
Very well done.
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My bestfriend killed herself in grade eight when she was 12 years old. I can only imagine what was going on in her life that she ended it after such a short time here
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I just found this.. how did I miss it before. Either way.... I'm sorry Dave, I have no words for you this time. Usually I can find something to say... but this has left me speechless. All I can say is that I'm sending love.
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Thanks my friend... I hope you're well.
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a trajical story but it's a nice photograph..
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There are two phone calls that will live forever in my memory...the one from my father when he found my brother who had tried to commit suicide and the one from my aunt when my uncle died. I can still remember those moments so vividly in my mind and, like you, they still give me chills and turn my stomach.
This is a great piece and it has moved me to remember those times when, really, they should never be forgotten.
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This picture gave me chills....Truly touching. I like that it could mean many things depending on the viewer, but the story behind it is really powerful.
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The story of this is powerful. A real tear jerker. I choked up when I read it.
I'm sorry for it. :[
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