The MEMORY issue - photography that looks backwards to move us forward
- PhotoED Magazine
- 22 hours ago
- 2 min read
“Pictures remind us where we’ve been and give other people somewhere to go.”
– Carol Jerrems
photoED magazine's MEMORY issue celebrates photo-based art that reflects on the past and guides us into the future.
In this edition, the featured artists draw on their own deeply personal memories and images to present stories that ask us if decisions made in the past were the right ones, and observe how memory is a tricky thing...
Geneviève Thauvette draws on her French-Canadian ancestry to craft surreal vaudevillian collages to illustrate the treatment of women throughout Quebec’s history.
Through a combination of found archival and original photographs, Kyler Zeleny creates his own document in the form of a photo book. Bury Me in the Back 40 describes his personal experience of his rural hometown of Mundare, Alberta. His work embraces official and unofficial accounts of the town’s people and history to present viewers with something new.
Chris Goodyear’s detailed memories of a sold family cottage are recreated in her basement studio in the hopes of rekindling magical childhood moments.
Shelaugh Howard’s work explores how memory can be manipulated through the dynamics at play in an abusive relationship where victims’ recollections are often contradicted and questioned, and at times those very victims may look to actively forget past events.
Craig D’Arville looks into personal photography archives and estates and the challenge of managing analog collections that hold lifetimes of work.
PORTFOLIO featured artists
The PORTFOLIO pages showcase a range of creative expressions around memories made, manipulated, lost, and the places in between.
Anthoula Lelekidis (USA)
Aline Smithson (USA)
Maya Guice (USA)
David Ofori Zapparoli (Canada)
Rebecca Wood (Canada)
Dalia Rahhal (Canada)
Yuhan Zheng (Canada)
Jaehyun Han (Canada)
Elaine Whittaker (Canada)
and Michelle Leone Huisman (Canada)
+ Much more!
photoED magazine is also available as digital replicas for readers worldwide on Press Reader and Flipster platforms.
This edition could not have been made possible without the support of:
Tamron, Nikon, The Photo Historical Society of Canada, Beau Photo, Harcourt House, GuruShots, a very generous anonymous private donor passionate about supporting Canadian women in photography, our Patreon Patrons, Downtown Camera, B3K Digital, Front Row Insurance, Professional Photographers of Canada, and Total Image Works.
The Memory issue cover features “White Roses #3,” from the Lexicon for Loss series by Sheila Spence, and back cover image, “Such Great Heights,” from The Secret Keepers series by Shelagh Howard.
AND, Check out the GuruShots LIGHTING showcase in print or online HERE.
