Still from Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death. Five medical staff surround a patient's bed in a brightly lit hospital room, all looking down at one person adjusting the IV

Still from Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death

Still from Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death. Two medical staff work on or over a body lying on a hospital bed covered by a blue sheet

Still from Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death. Close-up of a person wearing a surgical mask looking at their hand holding something out of view with a light shining on it.

Headshot of Siyi Chen from the chest up wearing a white shirt outside in a field

Photo courtesy Siyi Chen

Siyi Chen

Black and white portrait of Violet Du Feng.

Photo: Lauren Colchamiro

Violet Du Feng

Still from Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death. Two medical staff in lab coats hover over a brightly lit tray of bloody gauze and a man in an orange jacket sits nearby.