Garbasz is an artist who produces work within photography, performance and installation, her main field of which is trauma and the inheritance of post-traumatic memory. The piece ‘In My Mothers Footsteps’ is based on a personal matter, it follows the story of her mothers childhood during World War 2 and her holocaust experiences. The project consisted of an exhibition of photographs and written word, as well as a book which has been nominated for awards. 

Garbasz truly placed herself within the work, and made the decision to trace her mothers path, on foot, for over a year. “I needed to see firsthand what remained of my mother's memories. My mother left parts of her soul in those places, and I intended to go back to collect them. And as I am a photographer, the camera was going to be my tool to help me see.” She even decided to use a large camera, as this would force her to spend more time at each place in order to take in the location, and for the image to appear to her. 

This piece inspired me to try and gain the knowledge from my mum about her childhood, but dig deeper so theres a more personal aspect in the work. It means planning to ask some more meaningful questions about everything, including getting my mother to speak about aspects of her memories that she would often block out.