COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Trace (noun and verb): In Depth Analysis of a Family History and their Possessions
Creator:
Jarjoura, Mi'chel
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Photography
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Photography
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
Our personal possessions reveal our character and provide us with tangible markers of our memories. The photographs from the series Trace (noun and verb) are an exploration of my own memories and biography. I have photographed my own
possessions, both mundane and memorable and those of my family members. These objects possess a history and contribute to the telling of the story of my life and the
lives of those closest to me, as my personal traditions are deeply rooted in my southern upbringing. In the private, interior spaces within which these material possessions are held, my family’s most intimate facts, fictions and secrets are
commemorated. History is perceived at the moment in which the past is petrified into an image. Photographs are incapable of retrieving the past; they simply attest that a “now” existed in the past.
possessions, both mundane and memorable and those of my family members. These objects possess a history and contribute to the telling of the story of my life and the
lives of those closest to me, as my personal traditions are deeply rooted in my southern upbringing. In the private, interior spaces within which these material possessions are held, my family’s most intimate facts, fictions and secrets are
commemorated. History is perceived at the moment in which the past is petrified into an image. Photographs are incapable of retrieving the past; they simply attest that a “now” existed in the past.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2011-11
Format:
PDF : 27 p. : ill; JPG
