My Grandmother's Story

For the October break, I brought my camera to my grandmother's place and her house is very important to me because I basically grew up there and I have fond memories of it which makes me feel like as if it's my second home. With the story assignment, I wanted to show the every day life of my grandmother and her character traits through the objects around the house. I had a lot of fun shooting there because it was a new place for me to explore and reconnect with my family after being away for 2 years in South Africa.

The pictures I took where all basically objects in the house and things around the place that somehow shows the story of my grandmother. I wanted to show that my grandmother is a caring person like all the others in the world and I did that by showing how she had pictures of her children and grandchildren around the house. I loved how my baby pictures were there because it gave me the feeling of being loved and nostalgia. This is who my grandmother is; a loving and caring person.

The neighbourhood of my grandmother's house is very peaceful as it is in the village, however, a lot of my cousins live with her which makes the place alive and youthful. I really tried to show the contrast between the youth and the adulthood because that's what the house feels like whenever I'm there and I can feel the difference between the generations. The time I spend to reconnect with my cousins were not wasted as I had a lot of fun with them.

I also found some new things about my grandmother from this assignment. I never knew my grandmother was a bright person and she expresses that through the colours of her clothing. Something that made me really peculiar was a cabinet full of colourful lunch containers and it made me think why a woman like her would need that amount of containers. The cabinet was full of bright colours which made me attracted to it and it adds the peaceful place.

In the end of the story, it hurts that I have to leave my grandmother to come back to school because we connect easily since I grew up with her and I love being with her. So the thought of not having her makes me sad and empty because losing your loved ones is always inevitable. It's the harsh cycle of life where the old generations die to make way for the new ones. It teaches me that I should make the best of the time that I have with my family and to always be grateful for what I have.