Social Issue: "Forever"

In the photograph, a girl looking down at her tattoo. The tattoo says "Melissa". She got the tattoo in loving memory of her, and my, friend who passed away a year ago. She also has a necklace that has an "M" on it, also for Melissa. I took the picture from the extreme angle of the bird's eye view so it would seem as if Melissa was looking down at her. The statement is me speaking for Melissa. It's not a dark picture because even though it's sad, the girl in the picture isn't completely sad because she knows her friend is in a better place.

Melissa Vigil was turning 17 when she passed away. She was shot on accident and that man's mistake cost her her life forever. The statement is me speaking for her. Forever will she watch over us and wish she was with her friends, family, and her best friend. I knew Melissa as a beautiful, kind, funny person; and it breaks my heart knowing what happened to her. This issue means a lot to me because it's so horrible that people get their lives taken from them at such a young age. I hope that with my photo it opens people's eyes at what's really happening in high school's all over.