Discovering ‘ Fading Memories’ Through Traditional Black And White Film Photography

Bristol based Hungarian photographer, Judit Cholnoky discovers how our memories are fading away as time goes by through traditional film photography process.
Evoking someone’s face we know but have not seen for months, years or sometimes for even decades sounds easy, but when we try to remember details of their faces we usually fail.
There is a feeling rather than a visual memory. We might be able to remember particular facial features or a movement, but not the whole detailed picture of their face.

“I photographed my family members and friends in Hungary for this project. Used 35mm balck and white film and created the prints with ’uneven’ development darkroom technique, to represent this fragmentation of memory. Instead of using the traditional photographic development technique I was painted back the facial features by hand to challenge the spectator’s evaluation.”

Each image is individual, not reproducible hand-painted gelatin silver prints (16×20 inch)

Discovering ' Fading Memories' Through Traditional Black And White Film Photography