In an interview Susan Derges, an artist whose work I love, said that photography is linked to death in the sense that when viewing images you are looking at absent moments. What is the relationship between memory and photography? I like to work with the materiality of specific landscapes, bringing a trace of it’s history and memory into the work. Collecting objects and testimonies from these spaces as well as employing camera-less techniques in an attempt to find a way to collaborate with the subject. I always work with video, sound and archive. The immanency of memories in objects is invisible to the naked eye, and I am interested in showing it.
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Why did you decide to include bits of the orphans’ letters in the series ? Although controversial, it’s a concept that came to light in the 80’s by a French immunologist called Jacques Benveniste who worked in the field of homeopathy. I really loved this idea and by making these prints, by placing photographic paper in to water and exposing it, the paper holds a trace of the sailors who lost their lives to the sea. I made a print for each bedroom that remained in the orphanage. Anything that has touched the water has left a trace in its substance. I chose to make images in the sea using the water as a lens because I am interested in the idea that there is memory stored in water I already built a body of work on this concept. In folklore seabirds are said to take on the souls of lost sailors and I really liked the idea that these birds were in a sense the fathers watching over the children, dropping in offerings from the sea as a way for them to remember.įrom "L'amour lui-même doit s'endormir" © Lynda Laird From "L'amour lui-même doit s'endormir" © Lynda Laird You exposed the orphanage images coupled with pictures of the sea, shot using water as a lens. The birds would sit on the roof looking in to the courtyard and they had dropped a selection of shells and seaweeds in to the building. To me they were important as their sound was very present no matter where I was throughout the building.
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The windows represent a kind of hope, a different view and a gateway to somewhere else, somewhere the children could escape to.
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They all had different curtains and it felt like even though the building was a sad place and full of loss, they were trying to bring some beauty and color into it. I focused on the windows of the bedrooms because they felt the most poignant to me. Why did you adopt the constant pattern of capturing the windowsills? In the First World War part of it was converted into a hospital for soldiers, and during the Second World War it was evacuated. It first evolved into a shelter for any children in need of a home, ran by the Franciscan nuns. We are in a building that was created to house children who had lost their fathers to the Sea. We interviewed Lynda about the series she built there: L’ amour lui même doit s’endormir (Love itself shall slumber on).
This forgotten place once housed the orphans of the fishermen lost at sea. It is not surprising then that when she stumbled upon Deauville orphanage, in France, she could not look away.
Her main source of inspiration is the sea, and her main interest is the spatial dimension of memories. Before The Weeknd took the stage, H.E.R warmed up the crowd at the stadium with a phenomenal performance of 'America The Beautiful.' Jazmine Sullivan then blew viewers away with her sensational vocals whilst performing The Spar-Spangled Banner' alongside Eric Church.Photographer Lynda Laird grew up on the wild and windy Orkney Islands, in Scotland.
The performance wasn't half as explicit as some fans may have expected but it was flawless nonetheless. The story will continue but definitely will keep it PG for the families.
“I will still incorporate some of the storyline – it’s a very cohesive story I’ve been telling throughout this era and this year. “I definitely want to be respectful to the viewers at home,” he said. Prior to his performance, the Blinding Lights singer promised he'd keep things "PG" (opens in new tab)when asked what viewers could expect in a press conference. As you can see, Twitter is having a field day all thanks to The Weeknd and we're not complaining.
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