Rosemary Oldis, After They've Gone (PEOPLE 2021)

The evening after our daughters left home to go to university I needed to express my love of them and my sense of emptiness. I created a simple composition relying on the strong lines of the bed and my shadow. My self portrait was set up in a low light situation to increase the graininess. I wanted a timeless feel- it could be me or my parents going through the same thing.

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