Vacant Reminiscence

Venus Pun

'@pwyvenus

pwyvenus@gmail.com

Memories are fragile, shifting over time, often blurring the line between what is remembered and what is forgotten. Photography is commonly seen as a tool for preservation, yet it does not store memories—it merely triggers them, leaving space for interpretation, distortion, and loss. This project examines the gaps between lived experience and photographic documentation, reflecting on the moments that remain vivid despite never being recorded and those that exist in images but feel distant or unrecognisable. Bringing together personal and archival photographs explores how family history is pieced together, reimagined, or lost entirely. In doing so, it questions whether photography preserves the past or constructs new, fragmented realities shaped by time and perception.