What do
you keep?

Personal objects, keepsakes, and ephemera preserved as archival portraits.

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MEMORY HAS A MATERIAL FORM.EST. PORTLAND · 2026

01 / SELECTED ARCHIVESA GROWING COLLECTION

The things
we carry.

Letters, tickets, photographs, jewelry, toys, and the little things that become part of a life.

THE ARCHIVE IS TAKING SHAPE

Objects with stories.
Portraits to come.

Selected work will appear here as the collection grows.

STUDIO MAUDLIN / 001

02 / THE PRACTICE

Not everything worth keeping fits in a photo album.

Studio Maudlin arranges and captures meaningful physical objects using large-format flatbed scanography. Each finished portrait brings a collection together in a single composition—an archive of what matters to the person who kept it.

One collection at a time. No bulk document scanning.

03 / THE PROCESSCONSIDERED, PERSONAL, SIMPLE

How it works.

Gather

Choose the objects, keepsakes, and fragments of your collection that you'd like to preserve.

Compose

We'll discuss the arrangement, and the collection will be carefully captured as an archival portrait.

Keep

Receive a finished high-resolution digital file, with archival fine-art prints available on request.

04 / COMMISSIONS

Have something
to hold onto?

Based in Portland, Oregon. The portfolio is growing, and inquiries for personal archive commissions are welcome.

Inquire about a commission Small collections. Personal histories. Tangible memories.

What doyou keep?

The thingswe carry.

Objects with stories.Portraits to come.