In this paper, I discuss my personal experiences with visual research methods to examine how I have discovered and utilised ‘found’ photographs as part of my creative research practice. Found photographs, these ‘traces of what has happened’, provide valuable material and analytical potential to creatively explore themes and issues while presenting the data in different ways. I use found photographs as the starting point for photo analysis, storytelling, and poetic inquiry to emphasise the significance of these ‘photographs as relics’ for visual anthropology, sociology, and ethnography.
DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2025.11.000369