dad’s Watches
Dad’s Watches is a collection of 18 photographs of my dad’s watch collection documented right after he passed. Collected into a handmade zine dedicated to my brothers. After the Death of my dad in the summer of 2022 I went to a jeweler to get 3 of the 9 watches to get their batteries replaced so that my two brothers and I could wear something of my dads.
Shot in the studio using a medium format digital camera and strobes, separating these watches from any context in a studio setting puts more attention on the wear and tear on these tools. Scratches, stains, and all. Watches signify time, status, and taste; all that are hinted at in these photographs.
I knew that these images needed to be collected in to a handmade zine dedicated to my brothers to remember the condition these watches were in right after his passing. Each page is was trimmed by hand and binned with a sewing machine. I currently just finished on the second edition but this will evidently evolve as this is a work in progress.
Below you can flip through the digital copy of the handmade zine, and below that you can click to get a better look at the photographs.
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