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Objects can serve as touchstones for memories - reminders of who we are or once were. The items we hold onto often remain silent until we choose to share the stories they carry. This book explores the powerful connection between memory and the objects we hold onto. Through a collection of intimate portraits and personal stories, individuals share treasured items they have preserved for fifty years or more - objects that carry memories of love, family, loss, achievement, and identity.
For me, it was my first pair of pointe shoes, discovered tucked away in a drawer. As I held them, they transformed from a mere object into something deeply personal - a piece of my former self, a portal to memories of years spent dancing. That experience sparked a curiosity about the meaningful objects others have kept and the stories they continue to carry.
More than a book about possessions, this is a book about people, memory, and the ways we preserve our past. Each photograph offers a glimpse into a life remembered through an object that has endured the passage of time.
"Holding On" is a moving collection of stories that invites readers to reflect on the objects they cherish and the memories they hold.
Softbound
64 pages 10 × 8
38 images
Photographs by Jacqui Turner
Foreword by Barbara Wilson-Bullock
Designed by Holly Temple
Printed by Community Printers of Santa Cruz (CA)
If you would like your book personalized, please send me an email after placing your order with specifics or your book will come with only my signature.
Objects can serve as touchstones for memories - reminders of who we are or once were. The items we hold onto often remain silent until we choose to share the stories they carry. This book explores the powerful connection between memory and the objects we hold onto. Through a collection of intimate portraits and personal stories, individuals share treasured items they have preserved for fifty years or more - objects that carry memories of love, family, loss, achievement, and identity.
For me, it was my first pair of pointe shoes, discovered tucked away in a drawer. As I held them, they transformed from a mere object into something deeply personal - a piece of my former self, a portal to memories of years spent dancing. That experience sparked a curiosity about the meaningful objects others have kept and the stories they continue to carry.
More than a book about possessions, this is a book about people, memory, and the ways we preserve our past. Each photograph offers a glimpse into a life remembered through an object that has endured the passage of time.
"Holding On" is a moving collection of stories that invites readers to reflect on the objects they cherish and the memories they hold.
Softbound
64 pages 10 × 8
38 images
Photographs by Jacqui Turner
Foreword by Barbara Wilson-Bullock
Designed by Holly Temple
Printed by Community Printers of Santa Cruz (CA)
If you would like your book personalized, please send me an email after placing your order with specifics or your book will come with only my signature.