To Kim NaVarre:
I'm a photojournalist working on an article about the value of a familiy portrait. Your situation is very unique; if you would be interested in completing an email intereview to help me on my way please email me at shawnamorrison@mail.com.
kim NaVarre
22-Jul-2006 03:03
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing your family with me. I am a graduate student in California and am doing research on the meaning and history of family photography.
Additionally I am looking at memory & identity. What initiated my interest in my research topic is the fact that because of childhood trauma, I have absolutely no memory before the age of thirteen (1960-1973). I also have epilepsy and have been on Dilatin (a barbiturate) for over 40 years. Both of these factors also degrade memory especially long-term memory. There are no photographs from my childhood and my parents have been gone for over twenty years. I do not remember what my parents looked like or any of the other visual memories we use photography to document. Needless to say I know the preciousness and value of family and family photographs which commemorate and preserve our history. I find the Internet as a family history arena to be very interesting and important. Where in the 50’s & 60’s we used slide shows to share our families with a group of selected people, we now use the Internet to project ourselves to an audience we have no control over. I am hoping that you will support my research by answering a few, quick questions. I assure you I will not use your name, I am only interested in statistics.
The easiest way to do the ‘survey’ is to hit reply from to this e-mail, type in the answers and then hit send. If you have any questions, please feel free to write them also and I will reply. Thank you so much! For your family I wish you health, happiness and prosperity!
1) Who in the family was most responsible for taking photographs ? (no names, just title such as father, mother etc.)
2) What kinds of things, events were photographed?
3) Family photography is very personal, how do you feel about sharing them on the Internet? Vulnerable? Proud? Etc.?
4) I’ve noticed some family websites have been taken offline for fear of identity theft. Is this a concern for you?
5) Who in the family is the ‘keeper’ of the family photographs and negatives?
6) Do you have family photographs on display in your home? Old or only more recent?
7) Do you have a family photo album? Do you bring out during family
get-togethers?
8) Do you attend family reunions?
9) Is there someone in your family that has built or is building a family genealogy?
10) What is approximately that date of the earliest family photograph you have?
11) Are you concerned with someone ‘stealing’ your photographs from the Internet and using them for something?
12) What is your nationality?
13) What state, country or province do you live in?
14) Do you have any family members that have photographs on their headstones?
15) Is there anything else that is relevant you would like to share?
kim NaVarre
22-Jul-2006 03:03
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing your family with me. I am a graduate student in California and am doing research on the meaning and history of family photography.
Additionally I am looking at memory & identity. What initiated my interest in my research topic is the fact that because of childhood trauma, I have absolutely no memory before the age of thirteen (1960-1973). I also have epilepsy and have been on Dilatin (a barbiturate) for over 40 years. Both of these factors also degrade memory especially long-term memory. There are no photographs from my childhood and my parents have been gone for over twenty years. I do not remember what my parents looked like or any of the other visual memories we use photography to document. Needless to say I know the preciousness and value of family and family photographs which commemorate and preserve our history. I find the Internet as a family history arena to be very interesting and important. Where in the 50’s & 60’s we used slide shows to share our families with a group of selected people, we now use the Internet to project ourselves to an audience we have no control over. I am hoping that you will support my research by answering a few, quick questions. I assure you I will not use your name, I am only interested in statistics.
The easiest way to do the ‘survey’ is to hit reply from to this e-mail, type in the answers and then hit send. If you have any questions, please feel free to write them also and I will reply. Thank you so much! For your family I wish you health, happiness and prosperity!
1) Who in the family was most responsible for taking photographs ? (no names, just title such as father, mother etc.)
2) What kinds of things, events were photographed?
3) Family photography is very personal, how do you feel about sharing them on the Internet? Vulnerable? Proud? Etc.?
4) I’ve noticed some family websites have been taken offline for fear of identity theft. Is this a concern for you?
5) Who in the family is the ‘keeper’ of the family photographs and negatives?
6) Do you have family photographs on display in your home? Old or only more recent?
7) Do you have a family photo album? Do you bring out during family
get-togethers?
8) Do you attend family reunions?
9) Is there someone in your family that has built or is building a family genealogy?
10) What is approximately that date of the earliest family photograph you have?
11) Are you concerned with someone ‘stealing’ your photographs from the Internet and using them for something?
12) What is your nationality?
13) What state, country or province do you live in?
14) Do you have any family members that have photographs on their headstones?
15) Is there anything else that is relevant you would like to share?