Wherever they may be now, everyone has roots in the past that connect them to home. Images are a timeless way of capturing memories; they cut across the language barrier. Photographs, personal belongings, and keepsakes help link people to their past and tell the story of their journey.
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Photograph © Maria Loughlin
Maria Loughlin
From Maria’s window she can see her Glasgow neighbourhood. But on the ledge are treasures from home – a photograph of her grandmother and a box showing Krakow Cathedral, where her grandmother married.
Photograph © Yuliya Chystaya
Yuliya Chystaya
Originally from Belarus, Yuliya lived in several European countries before settling in Glasgow. The story of her travels can be found in her passport which is full of immigration stamps.
Photograph © Ruskin Gammon
Ruskin Gammon
How You Can Forget the Summer You Made Me
This image explores family and memories, two things which are of great importance when you have moved away from home.
Photograph © Florine Delasalle
Florine Delasalle
The Pot
These images remind Florine of a time in her childhood when a book she read inspired her to create a world inside a pot. Now, pages from a different book are in the same pot, recreating the memory.
Photograph © Malwina Bieniawska
Malwina Bieniawska
Photograph © Effie Crompton
Effie Crompton
Harmony
When Effie visited Trinidad to explore her heritage she felt both connected to the island but also as if she didn’t fit in because she had not grown up there. However, ‘different is not a bad thing’.
Wherever they may be now, everyone has roots in the past that connect them to home. Images are a timeless way of capturing memories; they cut across the language barrier. Photographs, personal belongings, and keepsakes help link people to their past and tell the story of their journey.
Photograph © Maria Loughlin
Maria Loughlin
From Maria’s window she can see her Glasgow neighbourhood. But on the ledge are treasures from home – a photograph of her grandmother and a box showing Krakow Cathedral, where her grandmother married.
Photograph © Yuliya Chystaya
Yuliya Chystaya
Originally from Belarus, Yuliya lived in several European countries before settling in Glasgow. The story of her travels can be found in her passport which is full of immigration stamps.
Photograph © Ruskin Gammon
Ruskin Gammon
How You Can Forget the Summer You Made Me
This image explores family and memories, two things which are of great importance when you have moved away from home.
Photograph © Florine Delasalle
Florine Delasalle
The Pot
These images remind Florine of a time in her childhood when a book she read inspired her to create a world inside a pot. Now, pages from a different book are in the same pot, recreating the memory.
Photograph © Malwina Bieniawska
Malwina Bieniawska
Photograph © Effie Crompton
Effie Crompton
Harmony
When Effie visited Trinidad to explore her heritage she felt both connected to the island but also as if she didn’t fit in because she had not grown up there. However, ‘different is not a bad thing’.