“Renewal means the transformative potential of unity,” say winners of Female in Focus People’s Choice 2024

“Renewal means the transformative potential of unity,” say winners of Female in Focus People’s Choice 2024
Lucus Joyce’s weekly People’s Choice winning portrait is a haunting image of his friend Ashley, who lives with pernicious anemia. Inspired by the thousand yard stare, a term often used to describe the blank, unfocused gaze of soldiers who have become emotionally detached from the horrors around them, Joyce sought to use the portrait to depict the many aspects of Ashley’s life and identity.