MARYSIA LACHOWICZ

66 : THE STORY OF A HOUSE

A house is bricks and mortar. A home is a place where we have a sense of belonging and an emotional attachment. The photos in this project document the house which was my family home for 60 years. They celebrate a family growing up together and reflect different times in their lives. People, trends and fashions have come and gone, whilst evidence of them is frozen in time around the home.
Unlike a family photo album these photos don't show births, weddings or other key events, rather they show the everyday things that made up our lives together and made our home our home. They are uniquely personal but they also allow and invite viewers to reflect on their own experiences and memories.

Read a poem inspired by the house
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Preview (and buy) a self-published
book of the photographs
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Read an interview
on the background to the project
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View a slideshow
(opens as quicktime movie, duration approx one minute)