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  • Photographer
    Melinda Reyes, United States
  • Prize
    Silver Winner in Fine Art/Still life

My father’s body was discovered on Winslow Gray Road on the southern coast of Cape Cod on November 30, 2021, at 7:30 a.m. It is estimated that he was struck, killed, and left to die at 5:02 p.m. the prior evening. It was 26 degrees Fahrenheit, and he was just a few houses away from his own. No suspect has ever been found. In the aftermath, I moved between two worlds as I quietly walked back and forth from the stark site of his death and the comfort of his home. I found myself searching for him, each room exactly as he left it and a quiet exchange began between presence and absence.