Photographs fade…The rhythm of life and death and what and how we live create memories and relationships that can last as well as fade or be forgotten. This image is my visual statement of the transient yet indelible bond between old and young. Especially in China where honoring ancestry is directly connected to home and land and part of the saddness of uprooting families when they were relocated to Chongqing during the Thre Gorge Dam Project. Space within a home is established to honor the memories of departed family members while those living may reside in crowded conditions. This image was just re-created and comes from my inventory of visit to China in 2008.
