A man lost his brother, and then, just nine months later, he lost another—the brother who had stepped into a father’s place after their parents died when he and his brothers were still in their teens.

In such a short time, the anchors of his family were gone, leaving him to face the world without them.

He asked me to take this photograph.  It was his way of acknowledging the weight of his grief, and of honouring the brother who had meant so much to him.