Shelf Memory #6

      

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Shelf Memory #6

My favorite part of this photo series is now personal it feels and the small stories it tells of people's relationships with one another. This photo reflects that. The dinner invitation below the Birthday message expands on this. I wonder who these people were and what they talked about over dinner. I like to imagine them laughing over glasses of wine between candlelight. 

I hope you had a wonderful Birthday in '73, Suzie. 

9PM dinner is far too late for me.

Project Description

“Shelf Memories” is a nostalgic photo series that explores the relationship between giver and recipient through the medium of books given as gifts. In the first pages of a book often nestles a handwritten note from which we catch a brief yet intimate insight into the bond between people. The notes, paired with a cover image of the book, reveal the giver's intentions; from early nursery rhythms and children's Bibles to cookbooks and self-help. The handwriting style and word choice often add to these glimpses of a different life.

No matter how important they were, the books are eventually outgrown and succumb to thrift store and community library shelves where they are found and photographed; the final resting place for many words chosen with care, signed with love, and given in hope. Relationships past and children grown, all that remains is a handwritten note, more often than not from "XOXO Nana & Pops".