Familie c. 1935 - 1936

This series of family photographs are pasted into an album of some kind, although we don’t know when or by whom these prints were made. I’m feeling curious about who pieced them together. How were these particular images chosen and what story are they trying to tell? In several of the photos, the sitters gaze directly at the camera, their expressions a mix of formality and quiet introspection. I can see a parent, child, siblings, and maybe a graduation picture? Arranged in this way, they feel like a collage—a puzzle of moments captured and frozen in time. The monochrome palette gives these images a timeless quality. I can imagine the photographer carefully selecting each image, arranging them in relation to one another, playing with negative space and trying to evoke a feeling. We all engage with images and family snaps, sifting through memories, trying to make sense of them, and finding new significance in familiar things.