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To Have and to Hold: Touch and the Objects of the Dead
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Author(s): Carol Hudson (Independent Researcher, UK)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 19
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.ch014
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Abstract
Focusing on the objects left behind when a person dies, this chapter reflects upon the history of a life as evidenced in the wounds and scars distinguishing personal possessions from commodities. Using photographic practice as a ritual of mourning, it charts a personal journey following the loss of a loved one. The iconic and indexical qualities of photographic representation make it the ideal medium for the creation of narratives that embody an emotional investment in everyday objects. The accretions of wear and tear on material objects becomes an important motif that finds analogy in the photographic process itself. The traces of touch on possessions are made visible by the traces of light on film.
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