Face of a Mourning Angel

Face of a Mourning Angel

2010 Calendar Photo:
Status Come to Life

In memory of MY angel, my baby sister – Kyelcie Dawn Yates (1991 – 2000), who passed on to a better place just before turning 9 years old – but for each year I live, her memory lives on.

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_{In Memory of my sister, Kyelcie Dawn Yates , 100% of all proceeds from the sale of this piece, and all of my art on RedBubble, will be donated to my charity of choice – The Dream Factory.}
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I frequent cemeteries in order to capture the beauty of the statues that can often be found within. One day, while walking thru Saint Michael Cemetery (Louisville, KY), I caught a glimpse of a marble angel, draped across a casket forever mourning the loss of the one eternally resting underneath. I was struck with it’s beauty and spent over an hour photographing it, as it made me think of my sister. Laying on the cold ground, I took this shot from underneath the angel’s arm…

A version of this photo, along with 13 other original black and white prints, is included in my 2010 Louisville Zazzle Calendar!
(click the calendar below for details)

WINNER of the
Angels & Spirit Guides challenge

This original photograph (no editing) is a close-up, from a different angle, of Mourning Angel

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Captured with my FujiFilm FinePix S5100 digital camera.

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