Fragmented memories

Great arrangement and image!

This so evocative and powerful and poignant and yes, sad….but pictures of happy times paradoxically, or times that were meant to be happy….The shadows and the piling and scatter of the photographs contribute so much to this effect…Farras, this is completely amazing and so moving —Excellent excellent – perfect. ;)

Great photo, reminds me of an Elbow song

“Disjointed tales that flit between short trousers and a full dress uniform.
And he talks of people ten years gone like I’ve known them all my life
Like scattered black and whites.”

Such a powerful and emotional photo, beautifully composed

Judicieusement arrangé et photographié. Ainsi les souvenirs de quelqu’un d’autre reprennent vie. Well deserved feature, congratulations.

POVdacious.

great idea, well done

So cool Farras, I love looking at oldies.

I have a pile of these in shoeboxes,,,I take them out once every couple of years to look at them,,,ghosts from the past, they remind me of life experiences of relatives long since gone…and yet,,,I keep them,,,they are part of me… When I looked at this image,,it reminded me to take out my shoeboxes and revisit my memories…..thanks Farras,,,great shot and Congratulations on your Feature,,well deserved…:-)

I like your mind set.. again it is so cool how you explore your life.. rich you are!

a touching cascade of memories. Mary Sue would love it too

Another poignant piece, Farras. Loving your work. Featured in NYC.

Ohhh congrats on the feature Farras. I always feel sad when I see family photos for sale in flea markets and second hand shops. It is like a forgotten family, an unwanted family cast away. I love this image, but feel sad at the implications :(

congrats on the JPG Cast-offs feature Farras and I have to agree with Madworld..however this image is outstanding and is truly a social statement!

great shot. well worth documenting those moments in time.

This is a great image!! :)
Congratulations on your features, truly deserved!!

This is FANTASTIC work Farras! Well worthy of the features, it is a brilliant shot. ;-)

beautiful and nostalgic image, farras…. : )

Wonderful story telling photo Farras!

Brilliant concept, and so expertly executed Farras. I threw out all my prints of family photos when I moved (no room) but scanned them all and digitized them first, so I still have them in a 21st century sense. Such an evocative topic as well. Why we take family photos. Some out of habit; because it’s simply a thing one does; to memorialize important events (weddings, births); to freeze time; to create for oneself the comforting illusion that when the time comes, these frozen images will ignite our memories and we can re-live them. And because all of us, every second, in our sub-conscious are creating narratives of our lives, a plot with a beginning, a middle, and alas, an end. Photos can be like the sketches film makers use to envision scenes that tell a tale. Our photos are visual adjuncts to the narratives we are creating every moment of our lives.

brilliant work

It always saddens me when I see a families history of images discarded….they are such treasures but I suppose for some they hold no memory or connection . I only found out my grandfather was a photographer in the 1920’s when he died and I inherited two suitcases of his negatives from that era..I never knew this side of him or his documenting of our family history or that period….
This poignant image of yours brought back those memories Farras .
Thank you for that