The Burning House: Archive

Name: Carly Cedermark
Age: 22
Location: New Jersey
Occupation: School teacher by day, photographer the rest of the time
Website: carlyvous photography

List:

The first print I ever had hung in a show.
My three Congressional Award Medals.
The Kodak Vigilante camera I received from my parents for Christmas.
My favorite pair of shoes.
A vintage photograph of my maternal grandfather in the Korean War.
A vintage photograph of my maternal grandmother as the head majorette of her high school.
My copy of Simeon’s Gift, signed by Julie Andrews.
My copy of Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, signed by J.K. Rowling.
My Droid.
My watch.
The bangle left to me by my paternal grandmother.
My glasses.
My bottle of perfume.
The unicorn I nabbed from my paternal grandmother’s house after she passed away.
A wooden giraffe brought back from Africa for me by my friend.
Not picture — my Nikon D40 & 50mm f/1.4 lens.

Oct 28, 201122 notes

#teacher #new jersey #photographer #submission

Alex S Doyle

Name: Alex S Doyle
Age: 23
Location: Great Britain
Occupation: Student
Website: None

List:

Yashica TLR
Zorki SLR
Macbook Pro
Wallet
Lighter
Papers, Filters, Tobacco
Keyboard
Cards
iPod
Matches
Pipe Knife
Rubber Duck
Phone

Oct 27, 201122 notes

#great britain #student #submission

Christopher Michael Cyril Rooney

Name: Christopher Michael Cyril Rooney, more commonly known as Topher

Age: 20

Location: I just moved from Long Island, New York to Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Occupation: Environmental Chemistry Student and 2nd Assistant Golf Professional

Website: gilmanprogram.wordpress.com, sbuengland.blogspot.com, and topherrooney.tumblr.com

List:

the rarest coin from my new collection
prescription glasses
five-leaf clover
bronze medal from my first triathlon
passport
wallet, given to me by my estranged brother, and it’s contents.
Marlboro cigarettes
the deed to the only car i’ve owned
a pocket copy of the Constitution that I use as a folder for other documents
prescription sunglasses
high school class ring
large white dry erase board
iphone 4 (not pictured as it was used to take the photograph)
keys (not pictured)

Oct 26, 201124 notes

#United Kingdom #student #submission

Liv

Name: Liv
Age: 18
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation: Daydreamer
Website: http://synchronizedheartbeats.tumblr.com

List:

My dear MacBook
My well-used Moleskine planner
My beloved iPod
My lovely Diana Mini camera
My mums vintage sunglasses
My pocket flask, that I got as a gift
My casio watch
My current novel, Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the shore
My perfume, chanel - coco mademoiselle
My favourite blouse from a flea market in Paris

Oct 25, 201125 notes

#stockholm #sweeden #submission

Jai Richards

Name: Jai Richards
Age: 22 (for a month more)
Location: South Wales
Occupation: TBC

List:

The antique Gladstone bag I was given as a gift for getting into Medicine, there were no gifts when I left again
A copy of ‘The Hobbit’ (the first book I was ever given) and ‘Like Water for Chocolate’
My diary and sketch book
A box of photos and my external hard drive
At least 3 lip balms
A watch from my Godmother
My Grandfather’s SLR; he was never seen without it
A beautiful box that used to contain tea from Nepal but now contains the few items of jewellery I treasure, including my mother’s Cameo
A Berber scarf I bought in the Sahara as protection from sandstorms
A Polaroid of my boyfriend and I taken on our last morning in Vietnam
One of the few pictures of my dad and I
My Passport
My blackberry
Minnetonka moccasins; to stand in comfort as I watch my house burn
Spagetti the Guinea Pig

Oct 24, 201113 notes

#Wales #United Kingdom #submission

Gabriel Vianna

Name: Gabriel Vianna
Age: 25
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Occupation: Photographer and Designner
Website:http://vianna7.tumblr.com and http://cargocollective.com/gabrielvianna7
List:

Mobile
Tickets for Botafogo mach
Ink
Notebooks
MacBook
Olympus OM1
Lomographic Camera

Oct 23, 201122 notes

#photographer #designers

Vivi

Name: Vivi

Age: 23

Location: Sometimes in Finland, sometimes in France

Occupation: Student of crafts & recreation

List:

Letters, cards and photos from my love
Handmade and gift jewellery in an handmade wooden box
Wallet with all the important cards, tickets etc. inside
Hard drive with all the photos and documents in it
Cellphone
A hat and the matching gloves that my boyfriend gave to me
The boyfriend, who in this photo in present only in the photos. Or he’d more likely save me.

Oct 22, 201128 notes

#france #finland #student #submission

Michelle Sproule

Name: Michelle Sproule

Age: 40

Location: Vancouver

Occupation: Community Relations & Managing Editor Scout Magazine

Website: www.scoutmagazine.ca

List:

my sons (pip and jack) and my husband
keys to the vw van (sleeps 4 and will be handy, given that the house is gone)
favourite photo (night laundromat)
camera (and external hard drive - not shown)
journal
a quick handful of books
debit card
iphone
rain boots (it is vancouver after all)
bottle of wine. alcohol will be key in digesting the loss.
favourite pair of jeans (levi’s 501’s)
stones. i like stones. i keep them in specimen jars. they’d mostly be fine, but i’d scoop a few favourites on the way out the door (the really smooth black ones that make you feel clam).
gram’s engagement ring and photo of gram.
family photos. so important.
photograph of a room at different times of the day torn from unknown source. i like to think that one day i will discover who the artist is.

Oct 21, 201139 notes

#vancouver bc #Editor #submission

Hector Cortes

Name: Hector Cortes
Age: 22
Location: Guadalajara, Mexico.
Occupation: Student/Photographer
Website: www.flickr.com/dark_tom

List:

Caja fuerte con recuerdos (Strongbox with memories)
Sketchbook
Pañuelo (Scarf)
Cargador para Mac (Mac charger)
Cable para Ipod (Ipod cable)
Mochila Golla (Golla Backpack)
Disco duro (Hard drive)
MacBook Pro 13”
Ipod Nano
Celular (Cellphone)
Llaves (Keys)
Audifonos PIIQ (PIIQ Headphones)
Llaves para la caja fuerte (Strongbox keys)
Pluma, Lapiz, Portaminas (Pen, Pencil, Propelling pencil)
Cartera (Wallet)
Navaja Victorinox (Victorinox scan)
Estuche para camara Golla con Nikon d40x y equipo (Golla camera bag with Nikon d40x and equipment)

Oct 20, 201131 notes

#mexico #guadalajara #student #submission

Kim Janni Sanna

Name: Kim Janni Sanna
Age: 22
Location: Halmstad, Sweden
Occupation: Slacker or something
Website: http://diaryandherself.blogspot.com/

List:

Striped skirt
A great movie
The history of love by Nicole Krauss
Photographs
Tickets (from travels and concerts)
My cat and best friend, Isis
Festival bracelets
Favorite shoes
Mumford & Sons tote bag

Oct 19, 201138 notes

#sweden #slacker #submission

Claire

Name: Claire
Age: 24
Location: Louisiana
Occupation: Barista
Website: http://carolynmax.tumblr.com/

List:

If my house were burning down, I would grab Maddie[my daughter] and maybe my phone.

Oct 18, 201140 notes

#louisiana #barista

Cassidy VanRooy

Name: Cassidy VanRooy

Age: 17

Location: California

Occupation: Student

Website: www.nanacavallon.tumblr.com

List:

Journals
Kindle
iPod
Passport
my great grandmother’s pearl necklace
my promise/engagement ring from Kyle, my boyfriend.
one of my father’s guitar picks
Macbook Pro
my Studio Ghibli movie collection
French and Spanish dictionaries
my collection of movie/play/fair/concert tickets from 2008 on in my favorite Vincent van Gogh box
the Catcher in the Rye copy that Kyle gave me, with all of the letters I have from him tucked inside.
my favorite dress
my favorite sweatshirt
Kyle’s flannel that I sleep in
Explosions in the Sky and Tokyo Police Club t-shirts from concerts