At the discovery of disappearance / 2003 - 2005 The past is always present. You can see the marks that time left in every object, every face. The hybrid photographs of the series Apparitions are confronting past and present in an unnatural way: superposing pictures of the family-album, taken by the grand-father in the middle of the last century, with new photographs, taken by Véronique Kolber at the exact location, visualizes the effects of time. The memories of a past long gone are combined with the present situation. The photographs of the series Absences on the other hand are showing the reality of a disappearance. By hanging of the photographs and paintings in the grand-parents house, Véronique Kolber is getting aware of the traces that time has left on those walls. The absence of the pictures is making time visible and is leading to a discovery: the discovery of disappearance.