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New images

I am very happy with these images, because I think the composition and the colors work very well, all in all they are quite anonymous you never see my grandmothers face but I think her gestures and what she is doing is very natural.

oma sleeping

From the whole series of my grandma photos , I think that these count as some of the stronger ones. I really think that they reflect the closeness of our relationship. Simple things like the bed undone right next to her is the space that I sleep in.
What I really like is the gradual wake up of my grandma, especially the one where she is just opening her eyes . I find that that photo is very gripping, I think it's because there is an ieri atmosphere, It is one of the only photos where she is looking right at the camera, but still is completely calm even though she just woke up from a dream and had me right in her face taking photos.

Family Photo (rome 2005)

I find this an interesting photo in terms as to how people have reacted to it. Having always always moved around a lot as a child I would say that my family has grow very close, seeing that when we arrived in a new country where we did not speak the language and were still learning about the culture and their way of life we would pretty much have only each other to rely on in those first couple of months and till this day we still have an exceptionally close bound between each other. In my opinion the photograph above reflects this closeness, however many people find that the picture makes them feel uncomfortable, that in some way the picture nearly looks a bit perverted. For me this photo sums up my whole family life.

Memory

I have always been quite fascinated with what photos people decide to frame. I first wasn't sure if I nessarilliy wanted to take photos of photos but I think it says a lo t about the culture and the family relationships and the time period that we live in . When I was in thailnad I found it really interesting how every family dresses up for there photos and goes to a special photographer to get their photos taken . they almost look like icons or paintings at the end , very timeless as they always dress in traditional clothing.
The reason that I took this photo was mainly to capture the photo in the frame , it is one of my favourite objects in the house, I love that it shows my grandmother and her mother side by side because you can see that my grandmother is starting to look more and more like her mother as she gets older. I love spotting the obvious resemblance which you can only have with family members.

Food

I just really find these two images really interesting together as I took the on completely different occasions, they nearly mirror each other one side is where my grandma eats and the other side is where I eat.

capturing my real granny

I really like the photos that I have taken of my grandmother but to be honest I do not think that they give a truthfull image of who she really is. She is incrediblly strong and enthusistic about life aways moving around doindg things , in most of the photos that I have taken of her she seems like a frail old grandma, which is quite up setting for me personal because she has always been the strongest person I have ever known.

The image right below is much more my grandmother as I know her very cheeky and loud, I wish that I could capture more from this side.

mum and dad

This is a very normal and honest picture of my parents, it does not glorify or destiguish them in anyway , they are just a very normal married couple that although they have had an exciting life still do very normal routined things.
I'm not sure what I think about these photos because thaty are very plain and modern which is the clompleteopposite to my grandma, I have takin many photos of our appartment which you can view on the cd marker 'family' however I find them too normal and I am not sure if in a good way.
This image sumes up an evening in my family after dinner just before bed time watching the news.