Memory Trace

This thesis explores the relationship between memory and representation to photographic images. Through my practice of archive and image space deconstruction I investigate the ability of images to be traces of collective history and tangible representations of memory. My practice uses a feminist auto-ethnographical approach to challenge the notion that archives are assembled with objectivity. I deconstruct and fragment my own family archive as a way to address the way in which our preconceptions of photographic truth can lead to misrepresentations of identity and memory.Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts.RepresentationAutoethnographyDeconstructio