Looking closer...

After the presentation about Kahn, i realised that the outcome to this project could perhaps end up being extremely derivative of Kahn's previous works. So, i tried to sum up Kahn's main points within his practise, and was left with

1. cultural traditions/ trends (fashions)

2. Different items of value - varying from each country

3. Depictions of general life

Kahn's principal point of this photographic 'atlas' was as Teresa Castro put it, to document

the "surface of the globe as inhabited and developed by Man,"

and Kahn's desire...

“to put into effect a sort of photographic inventory of the surface of the globe as inhabited and developed by Man at the beginning of the twentieth century.”

I though this was a really interesting point, as it looks at the imprint man has made on the planet, and the evidence of human beings around the world.

In order to make this a personal reflection on the Bio of Albert Kahn, I have decided to look at the possessions that i own, and for each, find out their origin. I will be able to build an archive of human existence and relationships between each country between material items, which reflect my everyday life, with links to many countries.