Every object is a vessel of memory—fragments, connections, ruptures, and reconstructions. Time is not linear but a layering of intersecting moments. To flip through, to touch, to gaze, to forget. My photography is an archive of time, a way of awakening. Memories do not vanish; they hide within the folds and the play of light and shadow.
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This zine serves as an intimate exploration of grief, memory, and materiality through a deeply personal lens. Inspired by the Japanese aesthetic of “mono no aware”, it embraces the beauty and impermanence of loss, weaving together visual language and personal memento archives to construct a fragmented yet poetic narrative of remembrance.
Through imagery drawn from nature—waves, raindrops, sunlight, and ice—each page captures the ephemeral and fragile emotions of mourning: the serenity of acceptance, the brokenness of sorrow, and the vulnerability of longing. The interplay of archival materials, such as my mother’s letters, vintage photographs, and handwritten inscriptions, becomes a form of storytelling that blurs past and present, holding space for the traces of the lost.
The visual and textual elements in this work do not seek resolution but rather embody the complexities of grief as an evolving dialogue between presence and absence. By documenting these deeply personal yet universal emotions, this zine invites reflection on how memories persist through material objects and fleeting moments—remnants of love that refuse to fade.
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