58. The Keeper of Lost Memories
Meet the man who reunites families with lost photographs and videos - precious memories they could never replace. Matthew Syed considers the role of visual memory recording.
In 2020, David Gutenmacher began to buy old photographs and videos that he came across in second hand shops. He was sad about the prospect that families had been severed from their treasured memories, and so he founded the Museum of Lost Memories to try and reconnect people with their personal archives.
But when he came across a video of a family on a safari holiday he realised that finding out who was in these videos might not be all that straightforward.
Matthew Syed considers the role of photography and video in personal memory making, and how we go about using photos to leave a record of our existence on earth.
Featuring:
David Gutenmacher, Founder and curator of the Lost Memory Museum
Jono Marcus
Lina Henkel, professor of psychology at Fairfield University
Presenter: Matthew Syed
Producer: Nadia Mehdi
Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey
Music, Sound Design & Mix: Daniel Kempson
Sideways theme by Ioana Selaru
A Novel production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Wed 28 Feb 2024 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 4 Mar 2024 00:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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