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This is IbarianX and this is The Candid Frame.

In writing, there is a saying that if you are trying to figure out what to write about, you should write about what you know.

In photography, it's something similar.

It's suggested that you photograph about what you're passionate about.

But what happens when the subject that you're being drawn to touches on grief, loss, and pain?

This is the path that today's guest, Tracy Barber, chose to walk, following the death of a brother.

This letter to begin what she is called the Grief and Grace Project,

where she documents the lives of people who have or are facing

some of life's toughest challenges.

It's a collaboration between photographer and subject,

which demands a lot of both.

And it also shows how a photographer can move through pain to create something moving and beautiful.

Well, Tracy, welcome to the Candid Frame.

It's a pleasure to have you.

It's a pleasure to be here.

I want to get started with how you began as a photographer because I know you're from Nebraska

and you picked up photography from your dad. Yes, I did. I did. My dad was a hobbyist photographer.

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