Memory can be elusive. Sometimes it slides away as you try to pin it down. Apart from the few that are framed, and one or two albums, most of our old family photographs live in a wooden box that we seldom open. We keep meaning to go through them, but somehow never get round to it. Recently, Mum gave me some keepsakes. Among them was a small round frame containing a black-and-white photo of a woman posing beside the statue of a horse.
In its more extreme forms, losing that thread can give rise to feelings of being alienated from, and lost to ourselves. And notwithstanding the fact that you may end up with an incredibly valuable photograph of a future film star, rock star or otherwise famous figure in your cache of family snaps, these photographs can also become anchors for personal memory over time.
Left: Mary Murray and Eva Clerkin , circa 1940. Right Eva Clerkin in her nurse's uniform during time spent working in the UK. Photograph: Clerkin family, courtesy of Photo Album of the Irish/Photo Museum Ireland It is not enough just to take photographs, says Sariñana. We need to review them, label them, and connect to them to embed them in our memories. Spending time with his grandparents, photographs become a key to communication. “They want me to remember, and it does help me recall all those experiences from when I was little, and they become emotional, and those attachments are super important.”
Clerkin family on a trip to Blackrock, Co Louth. Photograph: Clerkin family, courtesy of Photo Album of the Irish/Photo Museum Ireland
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