In the United States today, death is taboo. Despite its ever impending nature, this stage of life has become something hidden, with longer life spans and a shift away from aging in place; there is more distance from death than ever before. However, for some, staring into the eyes of mortality is a daily reality. From remembering those who have passed on, those in their final phases of life or those working in the industries that intersect and are formed around death, “Deathwork” engages with the labor of these practices, seeking to stop and confront this inevitability through the eyes of those who constantly do.
The shoe of a young veteran who took his own life peeks out from the sheet covering his body January 24, 2025 in Fairfax, Virginia. Owner of Carewell Creamtions, Amelia Capilongo explained that of the suicides she's seen veterans often are cleaner due to their understanding of firearms.












