Portraits of Permenenace for Black Image Center
In November 2025, I spent a day at Black Image Center photographing families as part of their archival and legacy preservation program. What began as portrait sessions became something else entirely—a meditation on inheritance, memory, and what gets passed down when we're intentional about preservation.
We scanned family photographs from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and projected them onto the studio wall. Then I photographed three generations standing before their own history—grandmothers beside their younger selves, children next to ancestors they'd only known through stories. Past and present collapsed into single frames. The work isn't about nostalgia. It's about continuity. Families walked out that day with prints. Tangible evidence they could hold, frame, pass down. Because that's the point—not just to capture these moments, but to ensure they endure.
We scanned family photographs from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and projected them onto the studio wall. Then I photographed three generations standing before their own history—grandmothers beside their younger selves, children next to ancestors they'd only known through stories. Past and present collapsed into single frames. The work isn't about nostalgia. It's about continuity. Families walked out that day with prints. Tangible evidence they could hold, frame, pass down. Because that's the point—not just to capture these moments, but to ensure they endure.
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