![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/a17e6b7d-8ff2-4066-a6f4-09d0d9175ad7/1/1/1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/3755c5b7-a03b-43f1-b6e8-551dd696e63c/1/1/12.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/6ed48944-a1ed-4d9c-8aed-6bca5c4b0bf1/1/1/13.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/3c613eee-33fe-4a12-b0e6-c920d00ebbe5/1/1/14.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/5e5e9d5c-bbb6-4043-a787-1660d37f79cf/1/1/15.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/99ae797f-596e-4cfb-a0d2-84abe4a6575b/1/1/16.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/81b73753-d676-4b1e-9390-78eb1d59cee4/1/1/17.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/b7fe03af-8e5d-4dd2-877f-8552b55dfb11/1/1/18.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/e5bb87fd-bf39-4289-ac57-a9334aba5c41/1/1/19.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/222a337d-5a28-4108-903f-9bea14a439d5/1/1/110.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/a01de78d-ef14-4357-95fd-094437b621d2/1/1/111.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/6d546389-c734-45c6-89b0-4c02ecce61c1/1/1/112.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/9e9ca6e5-2829-4bea-9c6d-cc24396481f6/1/1/113.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/1c9b9ace-4b12-4785-829a-1e4462894ac8/1/1/114.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aafbe1a7-4604-4e7f-9d06-1b6ca91f653c/0/0/0/0,0,3333,2500,3333,1200/0-0-0/2071784f-d67a-40d5-a803-2d4dedd77646/1/1/115.jpg?fjkss=exp=2035121579~hmac=3a3993bc8fd594fa8f5c011083b0f2957f2291d5b4cc3541844aacc5235359c1)
We Came As Children (2017)
Rolf George Herbert John Kaack (1927-2016) was born into a Jewish family in Hamburg, Germany. In 1939, he became part of the Kindertransport and fled to England as a refugee before the outbreak of the second world war, where he eventually settled down. My Grandpa was an optometrist and being fascinated by light and glass, took up photography as a hobby. Alongside this, he was an avid sailor and a lover of classical music. I celebrated my fifth birthday with my Grandpa in 2000 - that was the last time I ever saw or heard from him. My only memory of us, is together at Frensham Pond, a place where he would sail regularly. He promised me that one day when I was older, we would go sailing together.
In 2015, Grandpa began to lose his memory and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The following year, I visited England but he had passed away. I sat down in the dining room and went through three boxes of colour slides. Three boxes of memories that had been kept for me to discover. I never knew my Grandpa, but I know him through his photographs. This work is a combination of archival images and my own images from England, the place of my birth and childhood, and a place where my Grandpa found refuge as a child. The project is an exploration of home and memory that facilitates photography as a medium to document and preserve.