This book takes you on a photographic journey of my family; I explore relationships, identity, and faith using my family archive. And how these are exhibited in my home today.

In this book, I balance the more energetic and lively archival images of my families album with the more quiet and delicate spaces that I have found myself inhabiting during the lockdown.

Many families possess a “family archive”; documents, photographs, heirlooms, scrapbooks, recipes and a whole range of other items that reveal insights into past generations and preserve family stories. By retaining and keeping possessions, these items mould a sense of family identity either intentionally or unintentionally. 

This year has been challenging for us all; the importance of family is more significant than ever. This is my way of honouring them in a year where I haven’t held them.