Loved&Lost - Volume 1 documents 5 personal stories of loss, told through restaging a family photograph and interview.
“The contrast between the person now gone and the permanence of the setting is what makes the images so arresting.” The Guardian
Loved&Lost has been featured by The Guardian, BBC Breakfast TV, BBC local radio, Positive News, Church Times, Yorkshire Post and reached an audience of over 4 million people worldwide.
From the author: "Loved&Lost began 6 years ago after the loss of my father, and has become even more poignant for me since the loss of my younger sister in 2018, the strongest possible reminder that it’s important to share our stories of loss and how we find our way through the grief that comes with it."
Interview excerpts:
“An image I use is expanding your world. Your loss doesn't diminish, you just put it into a bigger space, and then it’s not so overwhelming.” Anne
“I remember when the last fixture list came out, the last season when he was alive, in July when they release them, and suddenly that fixture list had me thinking which game would be his last. Suddenly you could measure a life in home games.” James
"You can get through a whole week and be fine, then one evening it just hits you. Where do you go with those feelings? Do you want to try to explain them and rationalise it? Sometimes you just feel like giving in to it, and just staying in bed for a week." Maike
"When someone dies, it can be so shocking and you feel like it ought to be very very noisy, like people banging drums and playing trombones and shouting, and actually, it’s very quiet, because that person's gone, so you don't hear their voice anymore. After the funeral, you are left in a very quiet place, sometimes that can feel wrong because the feelings aren't very quiet.” Nicola