Sunday, 6 March 2011

Three Muses challenge Ancestors




The challenge at The Three Muses this week is " Ancestors "  . thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com
I don't have any ! Well I do we all do but I don't have any photographs . So what have I done, Ive borrowed my good friend Barbara's ,and besides her family is prettier than mine. !

The two children in the photograph are Anniki and Paavo born in Finland 1920 and Anniki is Barbaras grandmother and the little boy is her Uncle. Anniki studied Art and design and later became a photographer which was something unusual for a young woman at this time.

 One of her main hobbies was to travel and to capture these images with her camera.

She died at the young age of fifty leaving behind the most beautiful album of photographs documenting her life , her travels , her spirit and freedom .


This photograph is a tribute to Barbara's grandmother who she never met but learned to  love her  through the photographs she left behind.
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15 comments:

  1. kissinia6 March 2011 at 00:48

    Marie! It is amazing!Thanks for sharing! I would never have thought of black as a very good background colour in card-making (if this sentence makes any sense. What I mean that the card is so well-balanced! Love it!

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  2. Yvonne6 March 2011 at 01:52

    Gorgeous tribute and wonderful to have documented photo's, Marie!

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  3. Taluula6 March 2011 at 02:09

    Marie, what a great tribute to Barbara's family. You have brought a story to life and made a perfect piece of family history her and your presentation is lovely. Thank you for sharing at the Three Muses.

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  4. indybev6 March 2011 at 02:11

    Your friend will treaasure this beautiful tribute to her ancestors. Thank you for sharing their story with us!

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  5. Joan6 March 2011 at 02:32

    This is fabulous ,love the gold and back and that frame is beautiful, lovely to have the story of the photograph too.

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  6. Christine6 March 2011 at 05:10

    They were very cute. Never mind that the story is not of your family still is a beautiful story. You must have many stories, large families always have.

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  7. janita mantel6 March 2011 at 10:09

    What a beautiful card, i love the gold in it

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  8. Jester6 March 2011 at 10:46

    A fabulous photo, even if it's not your ancestors; and I love the gorgeous frame you have created for it!

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  9. Zoechaos6 March 2011 at 12:46

    Stunning work love how you framed the picture giving it a vintage look that is perfect. Wonderful to have the back story as well that little girl grew into a fabulous sounding woman. XOXO Zoe

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  10. The Dolphin Inn8 March 2011 at 09:53

    Gorgeous little piece, stunning colours giving a lovely rich tone to the vintage feel - I had to lol at 'borrowing' the ancestors - very creative xxx

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  11. Barbara Vivian Karamanou8 March 2011 at 11:38

    Thank you my lovely Marie ... it's a card-story for me , it' s the romantic part of my family .
    You make me always smile & feeling good ...XXX , Barbara

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  12. Karen8 March 2011 at 15:06

    This is absolutely beautiful, I really love everything about it x

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  13. Faye8 March 2011 at 20:50

    Hi Marie, I love all the gold. And Barbara's family is indeed beautiful. How sweet of her to lend you her ancestors. That was a fascinating story about Anniki. I hope we see more of the photos in the album. BTW, your work in silhouettes is really wonderful.

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  14. Silvia(Barnie)8 March 2011 at 21:23

    That's a wonderful entry, great work.

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  15. Irini10 March 2011 at 17:00

    This is absolutely an absolutely stunning card!!!!

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