Praxis Gallery - Family Photos – Memory, Identity & Artifact

Family Photos: Memory, Identity & Artifact. Praxis Gallery seeks photography that unravels the intricate tapestry woven by family dynamics, histories, and emotions encapsulated within conceptually constructed images or seemingly ordinary snapshots.

Visual studies of specific family histories, highlighting unique stories, personal contexts, and broader interpretations that recognize shared human experiences and emotions across diverse family narratives are encouraged. The family photo as concept or artifact may explore specific stories, moments of joy, sorrow, love, and nostalgia, and extend an invitation to viewers to connect with the universal and timeless aspects of familial relationships.

But time can also complicate the family photo. As Roland Barthes stated, “the personal essence captured in a photograph gradually loses its meaning, as the image transforms from a vivid contemporary representation of one’s identity to a faded relic of the past”. Diminished significance can be central to the visual study of the family photograph for this theme.

Praxis Gallery seeks photographic works that explore any of these concepts, endeavoring to unravel layers of meaning inherent in family photos. All genres, capture types, black & white and color, traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production processes are welcome for submission.

Curated by Praxis Directors.