Jessica Tormey, Drown me in grief (PEOPLE & PORTRAIT 2024)

A Teenage boy sits despondently with the water pouring down over his face. The relentless stream of water accentuates his deep emotional turmoil as he screams out in frustration. He has spent the better part of the last year caring for his sick father. only to learn on this day that after everything he has been through with his dad, he still wasn't good enough to stay for. His Father took his life, leaving him behind with nothing but a voice message and many years of rejection and sadness,

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