As I am now back home isolating with family I looked at two British Journal of Photography articles looking at people who photograph family. I find it quite funny as I have always taken snapshots of my family for my own memory so to properly document them would be something new for me. The first article has Christopher Anderson, Sian Davey and Phillip Prodger from the National Portrait Gallery talking about the subject of family.
Sian Davey started photographing her children when she decided to focus on photographing things that happen everyday instead of travelling the country doing projects. When publishing them she ceased “to see them as my children, they’re representations of my children”. This means she almost disconnects herself from the work. Christopher Anderson says the dilemma is choosing what image to put out there. He says, “It’s his life and I’m more conscious about that”. Anderson did a series about his son growing up. This personal project led him to represent other projects differently. Whether he is working on a personal project or a commission of someone famous, he looks for ways to communicate something of the experience he has with that person.
In another article Tim Clark talks about how family is a good subject as everyone can relate to it.
Lucy Davis 