Hollywood loves a character who has the perfect total recall of a photographic memory. But it’s not how memory works.

There are many paths taken by the things we leave behind when we die. They may find their way to an estate sale or a rack at Goodwill, take pride of place on a mantel or a lovingly curated album, or ...

“So many cameras.” Unusual in the pre-digital age, before rampant cellphone camera chronicles of everyone’s lives changed our visual landscape forever. This is what photographer and filmmaker Rachel ...

The accomplished mother that photographer-writer Rachel Elizabeth Seed never knew is the star of her deeply affecting “A Photographic Memory,” one of last year’s best documentaries, finally making its ...

Using a myriad of archival materials and inventive narrative devices, Rachel Elizabeth Seed searches for her mother, journalist and photographer Sheila Turner Seed, of whom she has no recollections.

Filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed was just 18 months-old when her mother, renowned avant-garde journalist Shelia Turner Seed, unexpectedly passed away. Driven by a desire to understand who her mother ...

EXCLUSIVE: Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber have acquired North American rights to the award-winning documentary A Photographic Memory, the directorial debut of Rachel Elizabeth Seed.

As we age, many of us will notice that our memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. You may have trouble remembering where you left your keys or find it difficult to recall specific events. Still, ...

The voice on the recordings is gentle, inquisitive, wise. “Soothing,” one person describes it. It is the voice of photographer and writer Sheila Turner-Seed, interviewing some of the greatest ...

Forget the myth of photographic memory. Scientists reveal our brains don't record like cameras. Instead, memories are rebuilt ...