Photography, Family & Feeling

Writing and Photography

What can childhood photographs reveal about the person behind the camera taking our image — and our relationship with them?

Unearthing hundreds of my father’s photographs and films, I asked: what do these images reveal about him? What drew his eye? How did he photograph the family? And how did his photographs intersect with his life — the moves abroad, his career shifts, his changing relationships, and his struggles with mental health?