I remember when…
This essay is about memory and how
memories have inspired photographers and artists to do what they do today. About
a month ago, after a clear out at mum’s house, I came across many family
albums, and found so many photos of me and my sister growing up. Day trips
places and holidays we went on. After looking through these photographs, it
inspired me to do my project on memories, and the recreation of these memories.
Events artists may have witnessed or experienced through childhood can affect
how they show it in their work. Every memory is an experience which can be
either good or bad. Memories have inspired and influenced a variety of
different artists to express their emotions and past through their artwork, it
can be a way of escaping bad memories or revisiting good ones. I have begun by
looking at Taryn Simon and her “the innocents” project, recreating scenes of
people being accused of crimes they did not commit. And also Steve Pyke who
photographed his two sons Jack and Duncan over a few years, capturing memories
of them growing up.
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