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Stella Kalaw's avatar

Thank you, Lyly. Absolutely. It’s a quiet presence but a powerful one.

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Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Love this Stella…

So here is a quote:

There are moments in life, so monumental and still, that the memory can never be retrieved without a catch to the throat or an interruption to the beat of the heart.

-Sarah Winman

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Stella Kalaw's avatar

Oh, I love it, Shital. Thank you so much. I know how that feels. I will write it in my journal this evening

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Zeralda LaGrange's avatar

Love that you did it in black and white! It really conveys what you were aiming to achieve!

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Stella Kalaw's avatar

Thank you, Zeralda! No question the images spoke in black and white for me.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

These are so beautiful, Stella! As I visited each image in turn, my eyes actually teared up a bit, and I thought, “A life well-worn…”💕

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Stella Kalaw's avatar

Thank you. I’m glad the photos resonated with you, Sydney. I did feel the same way when I first encountered the missals.

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Jennifer Simonson's avatar

Beautiful, Stella! I especially enjoy the frames where I can see a bit of the worn, wooden pew. In photojournalism school, I once had an assignment to photograph "people without people." It's difficult to do well, but these photographs evoke that for me.

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Stella Kalaw's avatar

Thank you for sharing this, Jennifer. I’m so glad to hear that. Photographing absence and presence simultaneously was indeed how I thought with the missals.

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