
Amanda is an artist and educator, while she grew up in south eastern Connecticut she transplanted to the Boston area in 2003. She has her Bachelors of Fine Art in Photography from The Art Institute of Boston (now Lesley Art and Design) and a Masters of Art Education from Lesley University. In addition to teaching high school photography, Amanda continues to explore themes of place and memory in her photographic work.
Amanda also has a lifelong love of treasuring hunting for abandoned photographs that started with 2 glass negatives picked from a wooden barrel while tag sale-ing with her mother. Her ever-growing collection can be seen on Instagram at FamilySlideShow.
Negative number 96 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “Back in the Car” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #glacier #viewfromthesumit #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #modelt
Negative number 93 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “Mother singing at 12,900 feet” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #glacier #viewfromthesumit #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #singitfromthemoubtaintop
Negative number 86 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “The Glacier (Pop)” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #glacier #viewfromthesumit #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike
Negative number 81 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “View from the trail” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #4thofjuly #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #1920sfashion
Negative number 80 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “Kids at 4th of July Mire” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #4thofjuly #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #1920sfashion
Negative number 72 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “Pop signing the register on Hallett Peak” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #hallettpeak #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #1920sfashion
Negative number 66 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “Throwing Snowballs” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #snowballfight #1920sfashion
Negative number 63 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “Fall River Vte Hike, shelter cabin and people at top” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #kodak #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #sheltercabin #1920sfashion
These two are some of my favorites from this album. As you would expect, over the years, the negatives in this album have gotten slightly shifted and the captions are difficult to match up. My best guess for negatives number 53 & 54 is, “Pamela Patton and Polly Thorton from Stead’s Ranch” foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #foundphoto #kodak #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #colorado #steadsranch #ironspring #thedrinkofhealth #1920sfashion #dreamoutfit
It’s been hard to want to post these images in order because the ones with the people are my favorite. That being said what I love about the images of the landscape is imagining the day this family had driving along in their Modle A enjoying the big sky and wilderness around them. Negative numbers 45 & 47 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “L. Odessa Trap - from bridge approach, above”
#foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #baldplateinn #colorado #thoseclouds
That view! Negative numbers 41 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “L. Odessa Trap - from bridge approach, shore views”
#foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #estespark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #baldplateinn #colorado #thoseclouds
Sometimes the captions in this little album require a bit of detective work. My best guess for negative number 38 is “Steamship Prow rock on Baldpate” would love to know if you recognize this spot or can clarify the caption at all. #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #baldplateinn #steamshipprow #colorado
Much of the center part of the album is landscape views and I’m not always sure if they’re correctly labeled. I may start to skip around a bit... Negative numbers 31&32 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “Long’s Peak” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #longspeak
Negative numbers 25 - 28 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “timberline views” #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #treeline #1920sfashion
Negative numbers 23 and 24 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Captioned, “above the clouds" #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #abovetheclouds
Please excuse the interruption of your regularly scheduled Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album -1924 post. I'm out adventuring in Scotland for a few more days, enjoying landscapes, treasure hunting and castle exploring. Be back soon! #collectoronthehunt #vacation #goexplore
Negative number 22 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 I believe the caption on this one reads "Twin Sisters Self, above clouds" #foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike #abovetheclouds
Negative number 21 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 I believe the caption on this one reads "Twin Sisters pop + self" foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike
Negative number 20 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 I believe the caption on this one reads "Twin Sisters Sam + pop" foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike
Negative number 19 from the Rocky Mountain Nat. Park Album - 1924 Reading the handwriting on this caption was a little tricky my best guess is "Twin Sisters taken by pop Sam, self(?) ranger st." foundphoto #snapshot #familyslideshow #longlivefilm #nationalparks #rockymountainnationalpark #vacationpic #thatview #takeahike