Media Memory: Cameras, Scanners and Personal Archives as Mnemonic Devices

Abstract

Much of my work in the past two years has addressed memory, identity, perception and cognition, narrative and time. Though the majority of the work I produced at Purchase was photographic, I’m also passionate about printmaking and time-based media. Hoping to merge the three, I created a photo book that sourced images from my personal photo archive, demonstrated proficiency with bookmaking and image printing, and employed duration, scale, and continual unfolding as a primary mode of expression. This project is the result of that work and acts as a reflective final chapter to my time as a student at Purchase.This book is exemplative of my overall creative practice, as well as the skills I learned during my stay at Purchase. To make this book I employed skills I learned from classes, such as film photography, printing, and bookmaking, and skills I learned professionally working with archives, conducting research and curation.