"These mothers have not lost their sons, but they understand the reality that this could happen to them, to someone in their community, to their family."
“I'm kind of freezing moments in someone's life and freezing historical moments that in the future will be something that will not be repeated. It will be over. It will be gone.”
"I feel like photographing my friends is a way of me adding to history and adding history to these places. These nights, they will never happen again."
“It’s heartbreaking in a way how much has been lost,” photographer David Doubilet told BuzzFeed News. “In some ways the photos are all that’s left, which is also a little crazy to think about.”