After studying Larry Sultan’s work I decided to photograph my gran in a less staged manner. I got her to look at old images and memorabilia. Whilst taking the photos I was aware that I needed to make the archived images visible, so I have the choice to present it with a similar image that I have made.

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Selected/ flagged images

After editing them I selected them yellow and green. I will use some of the green ones in my photobook.

Best Images

I like the composition of this image presenting my grandfathers old shirt, and my nans caring movements when laying it out.

I feel like I could present this with archived images next to it, to suggest what she is looking at. I may use images of her and my grandad when they were young, as if she’s reminiscing.

This image will connect well with my photoshoot from Beauport. It is an image from where his ashes were scattered, and my gran visits there often. By placing this next to one of those images it is like I am transporting the viewer into the archived image, and into the present time.

I like the pattern juxtaposition between his tie and shirt. It is more abstract compared to my other photos and I think it could break up the frequency of portraits quite nicely.