This is one of the first images I made for this project and was the jumping off point for a lot of the themes in my most recent works. I gravitated toward creating images of silhouetted figures replaced with images of the sky because, to me, this was the best visual representation for illustrating someone who's passed. I often keep the hands, grounding the image to show this is still someone that was of great importance.

This image uses the same sunset image as kouche soléy. This is where the visual storytelling element of this project really comes into play. These two images are connected in a way; a visual representation of the familial shift that took place after the the passing of two significant people in our family.

I always enjoyed how grand the composition made the original photo look and feel and I wanted my edits to add to it, emphasising the scale by having the garden overflow to the outside of the frame. Heaven seems to be properly (and quite obviously) represented with the picturesque sky "reflecting" through the houses in the background and filling in the silhouette at the center of the image. All these elements had me pretty emotional while creating this piece, having an affect on me that I hadn't felt up until this point.

One thing that always sticks out to me when I recall this photo is the pattern of my aunt’s house dress. I recreated how I tend to see the original image in my head.