This week on my podcast with Davina Fear, Davina talked about the photos she made at her grandmother’s funeral. I talked about how I felt about photos when my grandmother died in September.
I didn’t want to take many photos during the visitation, burial or memorial service. I wanted to just look and not put a camera to my eye.
Davina talked about photographers processing experiences by making photographs. I remembered some photos I took the day after Grandma died. I went to her house, which was not going to be her house anymore.
I wanted photos to help me remember her house. I wandered around and took photos of little things. Already, it wasn’t her house. I wasn’t satisfied until I took this photo of her empty chair at the dining room table.
I turned around and took a photo of her empty kitchen.
I collected photos of Grandma to display at her service. There were many, many photos of her holding babies.
This photo, from five years ago, was my favorite – the very familiar sight of Grandma doing dishes.
This is such a clear illustration of emotions that are so hard to explain with words. This is photography at it’s best. I love the way you put this together Jen.