Photography & the Family: Editing the Past. (Studio pictures & recent works)

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Sep 25

Last week I moved into my new house in Manchester. I'm still in the process of organizing my work space but I thought I'd upload a few images to share with you.Below are a few pictures of my recent work:I'm currently working on my my dissertation for which the working title is "Photography & the Family: Editing the Past". I'm really interested in how we store and preserve family photo albums and how the control of the images belongs to the archivist. Why we only photograph the high moments and never the bad. Is the family photo album and ideological construct put together by the archivist, which is usually the mother whose photographic choices are are shaped by an unconscious desire to provide evidence of her own good mothering? Are these photographs simply reconstructed adverts that are being sold back to us every time we press the shutter button?These are all questions I will be tackling and if you have any thoughts on these matters I'd love to hear from you!