Unfixed Memory

• Photographer
  Wei Mao
• Technical Info
  Gelatin Silver Prints
• Photo Date
  20250101

A few years ago, I began collecting locally made black-and-white photographic paper from the 1950s to 2010s—found in secondhand shops, darkrooms, or passed down by friends. Each pack bears a unique history: some pristine, others half-used or unintentionally exposed. In the darkroom, I used only chemicals and indirect light to reveal their latent patterns. Unfixed Memory reflects on how time shapes materials, how memory survives through accidents, and how images emerge and fade.