Fragments, Reframed
How my newsletter is evolving
Dear Reader
When I started Fragments, three years ago, it was a way of exploring my life-long journey with photography, through the fragments of images, zines, albums and books that make up my archive. Alongside the folders and hard-drives full of art and media I have created, or collected, I realised that zooming in on specific images or objects could spark fresh ideas and different ways of seeing and contextualising them. While I was correct about that and (mostly) maintained my goal throughout seven letters, what I want to write about has slowly been expanding. A necessary adjustment considering I’m now a mother.
The word Fragments still feels true to all of this. Our lives are built from fragments: memories, images, moments of survival, moments of joy, stories. Writing here is my way of making sense of them.
Fragments is becoming something both wider and more personal. In my published and currently unpublished letters, I am increasingly wanting to write about mothering and solo mothering, healing and wider world issues. Writing helps me understand what I'm experiencing or have experienced - from the personal to the universal.
For long-time subscribers: thank you for expanding with me. Pieces of my archive and reflections on photography art and culture will still appear here, but alongside it you'll now increasingly read letters (and notes) on personal, political and maternal themes.
For new readers: welcome. This is a space for honest, sometimes vulnerable writing. I hope you’ll find something helpful.
With love & light,
Georgina
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