Who We Are (crowds 1 and 2)

please click here to see the photographs

This is a project in which I asked members of the public to write a memory (any memory!) on their hands so I may photograph them.

I positioned myself in crowds (of varying sorts - the first crowd in the grassed area of Hoxton Square, London N1, and the second on Berwick Street, London W1), as the project was intended to be an exploration into how a crowd is made up of individuals, and how the two can co-exist. I chose to ask for memories, as I had been researching the psychology of memory and I thought a reminiscence of personal experience is probably a good token of individuality.

I thought it would be nice to have a memory written on the hand in the way one might do if required to remember something to action in the future.

The project left me with more questions than I started out with - I may add further text to this page at a later date.

I would like to thank everybody who offered their hands (and a few that didn't): for sharing their time, being patient with me, and for offering a glimpse into their lives.

I remember every one of you!