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Keepsake Revisited


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The thought of sharing meals outside of my household arouses conflicting feelings and anxiety. I long to reunite with family and friends, partake in quotidian activities, previously taken for granted.

This series of lumen prints (click for info) is about being a time traveler of sorts: revisiting objects and activities from the past in order to explore how present circumstances change their significance.

21 years ago I created a series called Keepsake: copper coated, cast hydrocal replicas of paper napkins saved from meals shared with friends, family or eaten alone. While sheltering in place, I started searching for objects to use as imagery and found a stash of napkins saved from meals shared during the Keepsake era, before time altered the meaning of such mundane objects.


Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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Gelatin silver lumen photogram. 8 x 10 inches. © Julie Alland 2020
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