A Matter of Some Moments

A sense of home is about memories, intimacy, and the attachment one has with certain places. In the series “A Matter of Some Moments” I am photographing families at home. Several photographs, taken over time, are composed and faded into each other. In the resulting image, the space remains mostly the same but the families’ actions and interactions are captured in different positions, each presenting an ephemeral, ghostlike appearance. Highlighting the temporality of being, the photographs become a testament to the seemingly mundane happenings that often comprise meaningful memories. As Gaston Bachelard states in his book The Poetics of Space, “the house has both unity and complexity, it is made out of memories and experiences, its different parts arouse different sensations and yet it brings up a unitary, intimate experience of living.” Evoking feelings of both nostalgia and loss, the stillness in the images briefly suspends time, creating room for thought about one’s own experiences, and the familiar landscapes of our memories and places.