LIVE FREE: Remembering Timothy William Mulholland

Thank you Melissa and Cyndi. You both are always so supportive of the work I do and I am grateful for that. For obvious reasons, this was a difficult job. I did not know the mulholland family either and I am not sure whether it made it easier or harder to capture these emotions. As a human and as a mother I was challenged by their deep hurt. As a photographer, it was hard to know when to step forward and when to step back . These thoughts ran through my head the entire time non stop. There was the desire to capture what it felt like to be in that room that day combined with the desire to be unobtrusive and respectful . If i were in melanies shoes, I kept thinking that the showing of overwhelming support would be part of my grieving process and in the blur that is a funeral perhaps the photographs offered an additional level of support and validation. I don’t know, so hard to even imagine wearing those shoes and in the same breath, we all know it could have been any of us. My heart remains heavy.