In the Winter
Growing up, family time was always squeezed in and around the family’s busy grocery business. In 2004 my parents retired, bought a farmhouse in a quiet village in rural North West France and made a family home. The abundance of time and space in this new setting, encouraged the existing connection between each of us.
The following images reflect my relationship with my family in a space where home had never felt so unfamiliar. Experiencing the sanctuary and familiarity of home juxtaposed by a culturally foreign space created a precious experience and enabled me to see my family more objectively.
It made a place for our family to appreciate and spend unusual amounts of quiet time together out of the context of our everyday lives;away from work, friends and routine; to take notice of the dynamics that exist within each of our relationships and to appreciate the simple comfort of togetherness that exists between us.
