This beautiful little girl likes having her photograph made.
The girls mother told me that the little girls father had committed suicide....... just 10 days ago. 'Hung himself right there' she said pointing to the room above the abandoned shop next to us. The room they had all shared. The total tragedy of this completely stunned me. Just shocked me to the core ......... 'Why?' I asked ............. ' Who knows why' she said. And then..... : ' Who knows why anyone does that ................'
Who knows why anyone does that ? ........ So right ........ Unemployment..... Poverty ....... Debt ......... Disappointment....... Inadequacy ....... Rage....... Desperation ...... Fear....... Drugs....... Alcoholism ....... Addiction..... Depression......... Mental illness........ A combination of any or all of this ....... Or none of these reasons ......... who knows.
So sad that being the father of this beautiful child was not reason enough to think again.
Hard enough for her to grow up as a child in downtown Gary. Such a tragedy for her father to be lost in this senseless way.
That girl has the biggest eyes for a small child I had ever seen. I was so surprised how curious she was about us and was a mix of shy and excited that we were taking photographs of her. Such a tragic story about her father though.
Jez we are going crazy with the Gary photos haha, another great shot as usual!
Yeah might be time to pack it in....... but I have a few more...... and they do seem kind of more important than some....... the story of this little girl slightly does my brains in.......
Cheers mate Jez XXXXXXXXX[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 1:47 am
Despair ... you forgot to put despair to your list. I'm convinced despair is the reason one of my friends hanged himself when we were still in high school. He was just sixteen. Beautiful photo and beautiful little girl.[reply]Lynda @ September 2, 2010, 8:48 am
Despair is probably the main reason....... The defining condition for suicide I guess...... all the others probably lead to that in extreme ....... But I guess you must be despairing that your life can ever be fixed to even be considering it never mind actually do it....... Im sorry to hear of the loss of your friend........ How terrible for you...... how devastating for his family....... At 16 how could it be true that his life could not be different given a few more years........ Just how terribly sad and wrong for that to have happened.
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 9:05 am
Hopelessness can kill the spirit.
What a study in contrast. Such a marvelously beautiful child. Such a broken circumstance. Picture is so haunting in that light.
My heart goes out to her mother. What must she be
feeling? How daunting must the challenges be?
Exceptional picture Jez. Just exceptional. Thank you for posting this.[reply]Marena Groll @ September 2, 2010, 10:38 am
Yeah the vibe of the image of the child herself so lifted......... the circumstances so tough..... the mother was off to work when I spoke to her....
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXX[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 10:53 am
Like the blue cast...or did your WB let you down lol ?
She looks like an anime girl http://www.uberpiglet.com/images/Anime-girl500.png[reply]Harv.! @ September 2, 2010, 12:32 pm
It came out blue I could of fixed it but I felt it was right........ :-/
She has those huge eyes thats true...... blue....... :-))
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXX[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 1:36 pm
Hey man, I'm just back from buzzin about the place and find this story... So tough to be able to say anything appropriate... so I'll distract myself for a while.. blue cast - yeah, but just right imho...[reply]Steve Marshall @ September 2, 2010, 3:20 pm
Fabulous portrait....tragic story......Life is a real s**t sometimes Mate.......Take Care Jez....Hope all is good with you [reply]Paul S @ September 2, 2010, 3:29 pm
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This beautiful little girl likes having her photograph made.
The girls mother told me that the little girls father had committed suicide....... just 10 days ago. 'Hung himself right there' she said pointing to the room above the abandoned shop next to us. The room they had all shared. The total tragedy of this completely stunned me. Just shocked me to the core ......... 'Why?' I asked ............. ' Who knows why' she said. And then..... : ' Who knows why anyone does that ................'
Who knows why anyone does that ? ........ So right ........ Unemployment..... Poverty ....... Debt ......... Disappointment....... Inadequacy ....... Rage....... Desperation ...... Fear....... Drugs....... Alcoholism ....... Addiction..... Depression......... Mental illness........ A combination of any or all of this ....... Or none of these reasons ......... who knows.
So sad that being the father of this beautiful child was not reason enough to think again.
Hard enough for her to grow up as a child in downtown Gary. Such a tragedy for her father to be lost in this senseless way.
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXXX
www.jezblog.com
Jez we are going crazy with the Gary photos haha, another great shot as usual!
Cheers!
[reply]Corey @ September 2, 2010, 12:11 am
Cheers mate Jez XXXXXXXXX
[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 1:47 am
[reply]Lynda @ September 2, 2010, 8:48 am
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 9:05 am
What a study in contrast. Such a marvelously beautiful child. Such a broken circumstance. Picture is so haunting in that light.
My heart goes out to her mother. What must she be
feeling? How daunting must the challenges be?
Exceptional picture Jez. Just exceptional. Thank you for posting this.
[reply]Marena Groll @ September 2, 2010, 10:38 am
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXX
[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 10:53 am
She looks like an anime girl http://www.uberpiglet.com/images/Anime-girl500.png
[reply]Harv.! @ September 2, 2010, 12:32 pm
She has those huge eyes thats true...... blue....... :-))
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXX
[reply]Jezblog ATL @ September 2, 2010, 1:36 pm
[reply]Steve Marshall @ September 2, 2010, 3:20 pm
[reply]Paul S @ September 2, 2010, 3:29 pm
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