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The Inland Lighthouse: A Photographic Study and Interpretation of Place and Remembrance
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Author(s): Judith Martinez Estrada (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 26
Source title:
Handbook of Research on the Relationship Between Autobiographical Memory and Photography
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mark Bruce Nigel Ingham (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK), Nela Milic (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK), Vasileios Kantas (University of West Attica, Greece), Sara Andersdotter (University for the Creative Arts, Sweden)and Paul Lowe (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5337-7.ch004
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Abstract
This chapter looks at an investigation of personal history as a study of an apartment, and its inhabitants in the neighbourhood of El Retiro in Madrid, as seen through the gaze of a returning migrant. The apartment, the contents therein, and the biographies and its inhabitants for over 100 years are explored as a site of memory. To do this, the author has applied Pierre Nora's concept of ‘Lieux de memoire' to undertake a study and photographic interpretation of this location. Sites of memory are considered ‘places, sites, causes' in three senses: ‘material, symbolic, or functional'. A place need not have a physical location to be considered a site of memory: objects, photographs, colours, sounds, scents have as much bearing significance as a monument and become equal players in the act of remembering. Taking this as a departure point, the photographic and autoethnographic process of documentation and reflection used expand beyond that of a literal record to one in which interpretation, speculation, and fictionality have been applied in the creation of images and visual narratives.
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