Ever since i can remember i have always had a fascination with photographs, especially ones from a long time ago, i used have my eye on one and just stare at it for like a week, with so many questions going through my mind like who are they, were they loved, did they get married, when did they die, did they die alone. and sometimes i even remember thinking that is i looked long enough the photo would take me to its present. Even now i am the same and go around my granparent house and take a picture or two because i just cant be apart from it.
This is why i use a lot of old pictures in my work. i think that it makes my work much stronger, and is the basis of its appeal, also that when people view my work they can also wonder about the people in the photographs.i think it has a magic quality to it.
These images at the side are just a few of the photogrpah that i have kept in fascination, these one depict members of my family including me. The fact that thet are all dated brings a certain quality to my work that i prefer to say modern pictures. they have more of a home quality, or a lived in quality. There are so many emotions that can come with just a picture, one main one from me is a mixtre os sadness and happiness, looking back at an ols family picture thinking, where has the time gone, i want to go back, where they the same back then, do they widh they could go back.
