The Garden of Maggie Victoria


  • Photographer
    Rachel Nixon
  • Prize
    3rd Place / Fine Art/Collage
  • Company/Studios
    Rachel Nixon Photography
  • University/School
    Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
  • Date of Photograph
    2022-2023
  • Technical Info
    Multiple - this is a series of collages.

This series explores the evolution of memory and female representation through the story of my great-grandmother, forgotten within my family after her premature death in 1943. It integrates photos by my great-grandfather, archival letters and my own contemporary, nature-oriented images to create digital collages reviving my ancestor’s legacy. Maggie Victoria’s life as a mother, wife, and nurturer of people and plants was both ordinary, and extraordinary. Anchored in a personal meditation, the series invites us to consider questions of heritage, grief and passing time that affect everyone.

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