At the beginning of this module we were introduced to the basics of the two topics; psychogeorgaphy and the epic and every day, I decided almost immediately to focus on the topic “The epic and Everyday”. I was interested in exploring the idea that simply capturing a photograph creates a still image of a memory frozen in time, leaving just a trace of it stuck. Our photographs tell us what’s important to us and it is vital to capture as much as we can in the moments of life we treasure. By doing this we create stills of our favourite moments and can look back on our cherished memoires.
One of the photographers that stood out for me was Phillip Toledano and his photobook “Days with my Father”; Not only because his work is sensitive, emotive …show more content…
The extremely touching photographs in the series are accompanied by often humorous text written by Toledano. By minimally placing together text and image he tells the story of his relationship with his father, and his father’s deteriorating mental state. Toledano (2010, para 4) …show more content…
Creating a trace of that person and the things they have done is a beautiful way to keep them real and alive even when there gone. This was my biggest influence on my idea to capture my great nan and her home in a biographical way. When my great nan turned 99 years of age in October I felt it was important to truly appreciate and reflect on her life before it’s too late. By photographing her interiors, objects and documents along with listening to her stories I portrayed a story book style photobook. I wanted to keep the connection between the photographs and the context behind them together.
After finding my theme for my photobook, I stared to read into more theory regarding the way in which we use our homes and the space within it. Gaston Bachelard “the poetics of space” talks about how we experience intimate places through architecture, philosophy and literature of a space. In the first chapter, Bachelard (1994, p. 8) suggests;
“Of course, thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate, if it has a cellar and a garret, nooks and corridors, our memories have refuges that are all the more clearly delineated. All our lives we come back to them in our
One of the photographers that stood out for me was Phillip Toledano and his photobook “Days with my Father”; Not only because his work is sensitive, emotive …show more content…
The extremely touching photographs in the series are accompanied by often humorous text written by Toledano. By minimally placing together text and image he tells the story of his relationship with his father, and his father’s deteriorating mental state. Toledano (2010, para 4) …show more content…
Creating a trace of that person and the things they have done is a beautiful way to keep them real and alive even when there gone. This was my biggest influence on my idea to capture my great nan and her home in a biographical way. When my great nan turned 99 years of age in October I felt it was important to truly appreciate and reflect on her life before it’s too late. By photographing her interiors, objects and documents along with listening to her stories I portrayed a story book style photobook. I wanted to keep the connection between the photographs and the context behind them together.
After finding my theme for my photobook, I stared to read into more theory regarding the way in which we use our homes and the space within it. Gaston Bachelard “the poetics of space” talks about how we experience intimate places through architecture, philosophy and literature of a space. In the first chapter, Bachelard (1994, p. 8) suggests;
“Of course, thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate, if it has a cellar and a garret, nooks and corridors, our memories have refuges that are all the more clearly delineated. All our lives we come back to them in our