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38 Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal 4 2o18 Katy Beinart | Khlebosolny/Bread and Salt and of viewing the past through the eyes of, and in relation to, the present. Using the simple ritual of sharing bread and salt in threshold spaces, we mingled the past and present of our own and others histories. Playing with photographs as documents overlapped pasts and presents, and questioned the photograph as referent instead highlighting the act of memory in making that a photograph offers. The disappointing truth of our journey was that no actual trace of our family remained, so instead we constructed our own story, one which perhaps relates more to the politics of the present day. Author’s affiliation Katy Beinart, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Design, University of Brighton, k.beinart@brighton.ac.uk Phoenix Studios, 10–14 Waterloo Place, Brighton, BN2 9NB, katy@katybeinart.co.uk