Personal Zines

Carson Lacy was a friend I had met through my other friends Sam and Mike. I had been invited over to Sam’s place after he helped me change the oil in my car. He invited several of his friends to hang out at his place for the evening. We spent the evening having pizza, drinks, walking around the local streets of Richmond, and getting ice cream. Two days later on Monday, Mike broke the news to me that Carson had been killed in an accident at work. I only knew him for two days, but felt the urge to create something that would be permanent, which is where this zine comes to life. The title of this comes from a photograph I took near my house of a banner that read “I had to leave without saying goodbye but smile",” I felt that this message perfectly captured what Carson would have wanted if he knew of his own passing somehow. With a death being so sudden, we should celebrate one’s life and not go on in life feeling sad.