Type here to search
Type here to search(2020)series was motivated by the various questions about the photographs in the family photo album. The Microsoft bar search creates a contemporary approach to archival images; as a generation where technology remains firmly in our everyday life, there is much information that has to be excavated.
In the past years, I have been digging into the family archive to understand my family paths; through a slow process of conversations with family members, I realised that some information is lost and fragmented. However, I recognise the importance of having this puzzled information which is still rare in black family albums, own their archival documentation and traces is an essential representation in history.
Family in Lisbon 60’s
The archive photograph in this collage is part of my grandfather’s photo album. Some pictures have a cross on the top of some people; I remember my dad arguing with my grandfather because he didn't want him to destroy the photographs.
I don't know who is in the picture, but thanks to my grandfather’s crosses, I can understand that these workers in the photograph died, and it might be a clue to my imaginary puzzle around the archives. The cross was a sort of mark to identify who passed away.
