The look of love

Why Kim Wall Is The Beautiful Homage to Journalism

Ezinne Ukoha
5 min readOct 7, 2017

I didn’t know Kim Wall. I didn’t even know she existed and that’s a damn shame because my first introduction was a grisly encounter.

The headlines tore through my early morning ritual as words like “torso”, “headless”, “floating” and “submarine” caught my interest and propelled further investigation.

Kim Wall was a well-respected journalist of Swedish descent who was on a mission that involved accepting the invitation to board a submarine that was built by a Danish inventor who could also be described as an “art engineer.”

A story like that would peak anyone’s interest and after getting a comprehensive view, from shared testimonies of what Wall was like in her most organic form — it’s easy to visualize her enthusiasm for what proved to be her last assignment.

What happened after she officially boarded the vessel of her death — is still being sorted — but there is no doubt that Wall’s last moments were just as horrific as we can imagine. The inventor dude who is waiting for his day in court — provided contradictory tales of what went down — and at this time there has been no confessional.

The latest development struck this morning — as I glided through the mudslide of our existence with practiced strokes. Then I came upon the headline that was even more…

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