Phillip Toledano was the sole inspiration for this shoot, he created a project in which he photographed a box of his sister possession who passed in a car accident when she was only six years, he used the experience to get closer to his sister. Which made me think out of all of my possessions, which are the things that are the most important to me, whether it be because of their practical use that they hold or because of their sentimental value.
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these are my keys that I always have on me in my back pocket or in my bag. They hold my house keys, my school locker key and the keys for the locker at my work. When I first got a pair of keys to my house at 13 I felt as if it was a big step of independence that my mother had given me as I no longer had to rely on her to be in the house and I could come and go as I pleased.This is my favorite piece of clothing that I own, as it was one of the first more expensive items that I bought with my own money once I had started working and the brand Polo is typical more expensive, which is why it holds more value to me.This my birth certificate, when parents divorce there is normally a fight as to who gets to keep the record of their child, but this never happen in my situation and this piece of paper signifies to me that both of my parents still care for each other and me very muchThese are the different pieces of jewelry that I tend to wear everyday. All of the items remind of of a different period in my life when I received them as gifts, ifI have to leave the house in a rush and forget to wear one of the rings, I feel right within myself. The necklace was given to me my parents for my 18th birthday, it has a little ‘s’ at the bottom of the chain.This is the diary that I kept from the ages of 9-12 , I used it to release all of the emotions and problems that I was going through, as being an only child can be slightly isolating at times I used to write in the book as if I was speaking to myselfthese are the glasses that I have to wear sometimes, I never had problems with my eyes, but after coming to hautlieu and starting at screens for such a long time during the day due to the choice of my subjects. My eyes need a little extra helpThese are my two favourite perfumes to wear, I tend to rotate the days in which I wear them, I like these two the most as they have two very different but distinctive smells, I received two new bottles for my birthday which is why both of the bottles are relatively new.This was my favourite toy throughout the whole of my childhood, it was the first toy that was brought my parents friends to the hospital when I was born. I didn’t take it everywhere with but I used it as a comforter to go to sleep which is why it is such good condition for being 18 years old. Looking back now I question why I was draw to an object that doesn’t really look anything like me, as my parents bought my dolls that had different skin tones but I alway discarded them after a while and reverted back to this doll.
