Meanings:
Memory
1. The mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events,impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognising previous experiences.2. This faculty as possessed by a particular individual:
to have a good memory.
3. The act or fact of retaining and recalling impressions, facts, etc.;remembrance; recollection:
to draw from memory.
4. The length of time over which recollection extends:
a time within the memory of living persons.
5. A mental impression retained; a recollection:
one's earliest memories.
6. The reputation of a person or thing, especially after death; fame:
a ruler of beloved memory.
7. The state or fact of being remembered.
Photography
2. Cinematography
Memory in Photographs
Personally I tend to take a lot of photographs because they remind me of the experiences I was having at the time, they are a link to the memories. This was a theme I wanted to play with, tapping into the side of photographs that people link to the past.
For example there was an experiment done on seeing if people with dementia would remember certain things when given visual aids.
"It could be considered a gamble bringing up memories without any idea of what may surface.
'But it's not necessarily a bad thing if a person becomes emotional in a different way,' says Kane. 'It's important to let people tell their story [and] making sure you acknowledge someone's feelings.'
'One of the main advantages of reminiscence therapy is that it's really person-centred, it can be very individualised - so it's going to depend on the person and what their memories have been,' she adds."
It also allows people to share their memories and experiences with others through the visual aid, giving us something we not only don't want to forget but that we also want to share with others.
"Photographs thus are not just manufactured memories, they are also expressions of our desire to hold on to something."
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