A few years ago, when I purchased a Kodak projector with a few carousels off of Craigslist, the person who sold it to me also gave me several hundred slides along with it. The person wasn't interested in keeping the documentary slides of past family vacations and events, so this struck me as very odd. As a photographer, I am not one to document events or places I have visited in my life, but I completely understand why some people feel the need to do so. This is why I couldn't understand why someone would throw away so many of their memories caught on film. I decided to recreate these forgotten memories and interpret them through my eyes. I transfered the slides onto polaroid and created these lifts which I pushed and pulled into place. This act represented to me the inexplicable characteristics of memory and how we try to capture and hold onto memories utilizing the camera as a tool in an attempt to stop time. It is impossible to capture memory, we can only attempt to create representations of the past through imagery.
-Rachel Hubbard
2 comments:
These "memories" feel like it could be just anyone's memories. Of course they belong to someone else, but they have a familiar feeling to them. I really like your presentation, its so cool.
Like a canvas finding and refining the verses and visuals of poetic existence.
Enthralling!
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