Things that feel so familiar and ordinary today that they are easily overlooked may, with time, come to reflect an era. Making images is not only about creating something new. It is also about looking closely at what already exists and choosing what is worth preserving.
Common Copies is interested in finding something lasting within what can easily be overlooked, and in making images that remain worth returning to over time.
We believe photography goes beyond simply showing what something looked like. An image naturally holds the way a generation lived, the atmosphere around it, and the sensibility of its time.
As these images accumulate, they eventually become “a portrait of our time,” and a record of the present left for the future.