#hiddenstories

VALONGO WHARF “THE GROUND MILLIONS WALK OVER” They didn’t disappear. They were buried.

Valongo Wharf was the largest slave port in the Americas. Millions of Africans arrived there. And when slavery ended, the city didn’t preserve it.

They covered it.

For nearly 200 years, people walked above the stones where families were torn apart without knowing.

This is not just history. It’s a choice.

What we honor. What we bury.

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AnuDavid & the Sleeping Giant part three: the sun gods

Where have you been...? we've missed you, and we have so much to share... (this set is dedicated to my mom. thanks for putting up with me:).

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.” — Diane Arbus Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most significant and controversial photographers of the 20th century. Renowned for her stark, unflinching portraits of people on the fringes of society, Arbus redefined the role of photography as an art form. Her work pushed boundaries, challenged norms, and…

"The museum is full of boxes. Perhaps the entire Ashmolean might be conceived as one gigantic box into which have fallen all the treasures of the world...In the basement, and I promise this is true, there is a cardboard box full of boxes and labelled, ‘Boxes for Gold Boxes'."⁠

In this week's episode, join teaching curator Jim Harris as he peers inside one of these many boxes - a tiny tortoiseshell container that holds a secret portrait of a woman, complete with a lock of her hair. The empty space inside is full of surprises and hidden stories, about wealth and the often ugly means of making it. A seemingly polite and pretty little box, it has much to tell us about memory.⁠⁠