RIP @captureofcthulhu

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This week the world, and SG lost an incredibly talented photographer @captureofcthulhu and one of the kindest men I’ve had the most pleasure of knowing. Daniel went above and beyond, he worked me harder than any other photographer, but he also flew to my state & drove an additional 3 hours to shoot sets in my home town just because he knew how much it would mean to me.

But Daniel struggled with mental health as many of us do. The system failed him. But I can only hope he has now found a peace he couldn’t find living in this world.

If you’ve ever loved our work together, I urge you to donate to his families gofundme. Our sets might never get bought, but helping his family through this hard time would mean the world to me & the SGAU family.

GO FUND ME LINK HERE

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sunflower:
@gadget Daniel reached out for help plenty of times before and had the entire Australian sg community rush to his aid, just as we did the night he passed away. But sometimes that isn’t enough, we are all hurting and don’t need to be told that we failed a friend when we did all we could from all over the country.
gadget:
It was not my intent to make anyone individually feel like they failed him. I'm sure you all were there every time he asked. I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who has had the desire to leave this place, like Daniel, for a very long time. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of another member dear to my heart who passed from suicide. The point is not that any one person failed. It's the times that we feel too defeated to ask that are the most dangerous, and of course, people aren't mind readers so... It's a tragedy, and my heart goes out to the SG Australia community, to Daniel's family, and to Daniel himself. I live every day on that same edge, so personally, when I see another person let go I am filled with a mix of emotions, and yes, the strongest feeling for me is failure. I feel that personally and I didn't know him. I've struggled for years trying to understand my own friends choice. I know Daniel was waiting to be rescued, just as I know that my friend was. I know that because I've felt it. "Somebody please help me.", so many times. It's heartbreaking, and because of my own fears, it makes me angry at the world. Not at SG Australia, not at you Sunflower, not at anyone. Anger is a stage of grief and even though I didn't know the man, I still feel that because we all deserve to be rescued.

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