A "specialty store for forgotten private photographs"
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The Fotothek is a shop that collects, archives and presents lost, private photographs, which have been found at flea markets, in junk-shops or eBay. Turned into mere bits and pieces of anonymous past lives, these photos have lost their function as an individual source of memory. The project questions the potential value of these pictures outside of their original context. The pictures collected are not for sale, but passersby are invited to stop by, have a look at the collection and adopt or rent the photographs or even use some of them to transmit image messages.
The shop, located on Karl Liebknecht Straße 10 is curently taking a winter break until spring. More information in Deutsche Welle. |
Yesterday on the way from the Weimar train station to the 
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that's an lovely project which i feel very close to in a way
I particularly enjoy the "Personal Photography" strand of Photography, for its clear, earnest expression, I don't think these pictures are less valuable just because they don't belong to anyone, for they show clear expressive contexts, at least, the better ones (even in the "Memorabilia subject) there is amazing stuff and hideous shit.
There's this store in Paris that has been run by photographer Fabien Breuvart from three years now, also interested in the expressive capacities of Personal Photography. He goes areound fleamarkets and buys what he considers the best pics. You might be able to give it a look for the store is one of the smartest i've ever been to: the little pics are put disorderly in a box and it's very cool to dive into that sea of old memories and pic your favorite ones.
The store's name is:
A Chacun Son Image
Marche des Enfants Rouges, in the Marais neighborhood
Paris, France.