Photos Souvenirs by Carolle Bénitah

‘Photos Souvenirs’ is made up of multiple photos which have been dug out of photo albums and shoebooks and then sewed and beaded into, often with red thread. This photobook explores Carolle Bénitah’s memories of her Moroccan childhood and adolescence by reworking these images with her skills she gathered after being a fashion designer for ten years.

Carolle Bénitah created her photobook as a way to try to better know herself through investigating and studying images taken over 40 years previously. Bénitah complated what she describes as ‘excavations’ where she dug out old snapshots out of photo albums and old shoe boxs. She focused on collecting snapshots as they relate to memory and loss. Therefore in a way the book was created for Carolle Bénitah herself as a way to bring old memories back.

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