A Photographer’s Attempt to Preserve Family Memories After a Devastating Fire

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A Photographer’s Attempt to Preserve Family Memories After a Devastating Fire

Happy Medium Photo Co. is a series by New Zealand-based photographer Delena Nathuran. A life-changing event occurred in Nathuran’s family when a devastating fire consumed the garage at the family home a few years ago. The photographs and personal ephemera

via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/09/a-photographers-attempt-to-preserve-family-memories-after-a-devastating-fire/

I photographed these objects to catalogue the items that were not salvageable and to preserve the memories that these objects evoke so they are not lost forever. It was a difficult and emotional journey discovering destroyed childhood treasures and the remains of family objects, some that had histories dating back to the 1920’s.—Delena Nathuran