Fotoalbum van de familie Petri 1891 - 1943

This is a photo album of the Petri family, made by diverse makers. I love the cover! The crisscrossing lines of color, like tiny threads weaving a pattern, remind me of the way we piece together memories. I imagine someone carefully selecting this cover, maybe even making it themselves. They might have been thinking about the stories they wanted to preserve inside, the faces they wanted to remember. I wonder if they saw the cover as a kind of map, each line representing a different path, a different connection in the family's history. And what about the family? Did they laugh? Did they cry? Did they argue over whose turn it was to pose for the camera? Who were they outside of these carefully staged portraits? These makers are in conversation with each other and with us, across time. They invite us to reflect on the stories we tell ourselves about who we are, where we come from, and where we're going.