So im going to work with some objects that hopefully show the kind of person he was, maybe organise them to his imagination. Ive struggled to find people who have done projects on family apart from one chap who I blogged about a while ago.
Im thinking of removing a section of his carpet for a place to put the items as there was many happy moments I know that he spent in that room with friends, making music & gaming his head off.
So I looked into a few photographers who photographed items with other meanings.
Jeffrey Milstein photographed the black box flight recorders from aeroplanes that had made collision with water and sea, speaking about a piece of steel that holds the key to understand the tragedy from what condition the item was in, changing emotions quickly.
' For families and survivors these small boxes carry powerful last words and sometimes the only link to understand what happened. '
I find it very interesting that people can understand a item, or cast a story from looking at maybe a few items owned by a person, be it wealth of poor, happy or sad, living life to the full or just taking the days at it go.
Its nice that we try and tell stories with items, another chap I looked at was ' John Cyr '
He photographed The developer tray's used by Nineteenth century photographers, Cyr wanted the community to remember the specific, tangible printing tools that have been a seminal part of the photographic experience for the past 100 years.
you then start looking at the names below the trays & Just think at the amount of prints that have gone through that tray & then been forwarded to the world. its mad!
I have this like shrine in my room, it seems to build up everytime i find something that I knew my dad liked, kinda starts verging into my hawling problem, Im very bad at throwing thats away as everytime seems to have a story or meaning to me.
its my way of keeping him involved in my life & so I dont forget him.
