Linda Marshall ARPS

HOME

After 20 years, we moved house and downsized in 2021. It was the longest I have lived anywhere. I believe it was my 25th home. Being an Air Force child and in a profession which also required moving around, I may have missed one or two. Memories of other homes have become vague and indistinct; this house deserved more. Clearing the clutter, added to following the deaths of our parents, was challenging. Days and days were spent in the attic sorting, rejecting, donating and selling; at times, we were both very stressed, wondering how to let go of objects our parents had cherished.

Six months after moving, I have revisited this project and found myself sequencing this small selection very differently. It is interesting how the pictures seem to look back at me; I feel the impulse to begin photographing a set of our new home.