I was on campus the day Charlie Kirk was killed. In the days that followed, I photographed the memorials that appeared across campus as a way to process the grief and confusion that settled over our community. I do not share his political beliefs, but I believe in the value of every human life. His death left a mark on this campus, and taking these photographs became my way of acknowledging that loss while trying to understand what compassion looks like in divided times. This work is not about politics. It is about empathy, about the ways people show up for one another in the wake of tragedy, and how healing begins when we choose to see each other’s humanity first.
