Phantom Threads

By Landfall Tauraka Journal | Posted: Wednesday Nov 04, 2026

Michelle Elvy reviews One Foot on the Bottom by Mary Macpherson (Rim Books, 2025) and Thread Between Darkness & Light by Stella Brennan (Rim Books, 2024), two photographic books exploring memory, family history and the relationship between past and present.

‘What can an image tell us? What stories does it hold? And how, if we see it in a collection among other images, does it change the way we experience the story?’

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