This year, like many others, it seemed to go by way to fast? The holidays are here and we do all this work and planning for traveling and special meals. Only for it to seem like it is over in a blink of an eye. Same for you?
I did have a little more time to spend with friends and family this year but it was tough trying to coordinate schedules to see everyone I could while I was back home in Connecticut. The Annual Lasagna dinner for our Christmas was in full swing with fresh sauce on the stove, and refrigerators packed with the rest of the ingredients.
My mom and grandmother are the lasagna architects and usually start the day before around 10 am, usually with a glass of wine that never seems to empty until they are done. That’s what Italians do for Christmas dinner, 3 pans of lasagna with all the extras when the entire extended family gets together.
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One year I wanted to document the process and came away with the image you see below. One that has both my mom and grandmother working on the annual feast. My mom also has this photograph hanging in her kitchen where all the magic happens. I also have it framed, as you see it here, and happened to look at it again when I got home and it seemed to ease the slight sadness from the holidays ending.
That is what prints are for. A way to be reminded of the good times and memories, and get hit with those warm feelings every day. The digital age even more cluttered and doesn’t have that same feeling when you have to dig through the hard drives and folders to view these pieces of life. This quote jumped out at me recently and think it definitely rings true.
“We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.”
– Ralph Hattersley
I new weekly series will be presented here on the blog with some prints that hold a lot of meaning. Whether they are snapshots or formal portraits it doesn’t matter. They are physical and can be touched and felt. Watch for these posts on Sundays.
