I wish I were in a financial position to help you more but being retired and living on my pension and Social Security, my subscription here is the best I can do at the moment. But I do thank you for your efforts and what you post here and hope you can continue.
Thank you for your kind words, Ronald. I completely understand and am very grateful for your subscription and support. Moreover, by liking, commenting, and sharing you are also offering crucial support. Thank you so much! Incidentally, I hope that Kyoto has been treating you well.
The way dispersed photographs often end up undervalued reminds me of tracking down archival materials years back. The grandstand images are compelling because thier significance only really emerges when viewed as a set. Physical scattering after disasters essentially fragments historical memory, creating blind spots even for institutions that should logically have the most complete records.
Thank you. Your explanation puts it very clearly: physical scattering fragments historical memory creating blind spots. This is exactly why I am trying to bring dispersed images together into a single collection focused on daily life in old Japan.
A large number of the images in the Duits Collection can be found in other collections, but not in a single collection, or deliberately grouped together. And these three photographs of the Shinobazu Grandstand are especially rare.
I wish I were in a financial position to help you more but being retired and living on my pension and Social Security, my subscription here is the best I can do at the moment. But I do thank you for your efforts and what you post here and hope you can continue.
Thank you for your kind words, Ronald. I completely understand and am very grateful for your subscription and support. Moreover, by liking, commenting, and sharing you are also offering crucial support. Thank you so much! Incidentally, I hope that Kyoto has been treating you well.
The way dispersed photographs often end up undervalued reminds me of tracking down archival materials years back. The grandstand images are compelling because thier significance only really emerges when viewed as a set. Physical scattering after disasters essentially fragments historical memory, creating blind spots even for institutions that should logically have the most complete records.
Thank you. Your explanation puts it very clearly: physical scattering fragments historical memory creating blind spots. This is exactly why I am trying to bring dispersed images together into a single collection focused on daily life in old Japan.
A large number of the images in the Duits Collection can be found in other collections, but not in a single collection, or deliberately grouped together. And these three photographs of the Shinobazu Grandstand are especially rare.