essay

The Private Archive (Using existing images) Look at family photo albums from you own family or from someone else’s family if yours didn’t keep an album. Speak to the families. Do the photographs show something different than the family narrative? Compare family albums. Think about what they show, but also what they don’t show. Create an album of your own, with 12-to-15 repurposed images found in the family albums. Consider the ethical implications of the visual narrative you are creating. Whose story are you telling and how are you telling it? In a 250-to-400-word essay discuss what you found in the original album and how that narrative has been transformed by the album you created.

Alex in the blue shirt

8 years old

Alex at 15 years old

In high school

Alex 20 years old at the college.

Adam 3 years old

Adam in the left 6 years old

In the right is saad 14 years

Sarah 8 months

Sarah in the left next to hana holding lana

Hana 5 years old

Sarah 3 years and 8 months years old

Hana 9 years old

Sarah 6 years old