As I have mentioned previously, the photographs themselves are merely just a visual of the memory and the history of the story behind them. Each photograph holds that written history and allows the owner to have have potential visual when telling a story. This is why I have the images, but the text next to them is what tells us what was going on in her life at the time. i
The power of an archival image is beyond a lot of things. It allows the viewer to see and understand their history not only be what is in the photo but the piece of paper itself as it can also show the development of photography and how times have changed. So in my project with Jake’s nan, not only are we being told a story her incredibly interesting life, but their is also a visual as to how the medium and things around have developed through time, for example the use of Black and White moving onto colour and then quality and exposure of the images. There is so much to it and it interest me beyond belief.