Tragic stories I photograph do have an effect on me. Sometimes the emotions overcome me as I hide behind the camera. Some stories take a day or two to sink in after I've taken another look through my photographs. This past Sunday, I recorded precious few minutes of an event that will forever effect friends of Apichat Sudsaneh as they came to visit the site of his slaying just half-a-block from where they were living. According to the Edmonton Journal story by Conal Pierse, Apichat Sudsaneh was stabbed to death while rushing to the aid of two friends who were being attacked by a group of young men in the Ritchie neighbourhood. Apichat Sudsaneh was celebrating his going home party that night.

I never saw this moment as this man walked by. This 1/320th of a second as the mirror on the camera raised and he walked by was only studied after as I was editing the photos. But I do remember that his face was red and that his eyes were full. And all I could say to him was, "I'm sorry."