Roland Barthes’ tear-jerking account of his confrontation with his mother’s photograph captures the emotions that a picture of a loved one can evoke,and the significance of a family photograph. From early formal portraits of upper-class families shot in studios to contemporary snaps, images enjoy welded families together under the premise of memory. But with private pictures now fitting more public, and family photographs are evolving in the way we document our histories. Rie Yamada’s family photographs hold it a step further: instead of documenting her nearest and dearest,in her series Familie werden (which translates as Become a family), the photographer plays every relative herself, and highlighting gender stereotypes and social archetypes with a good dose of hilarity and absurdity.
Source: bjp-online.com