Sara & The Beach House from Angela Douglas Ramsey

⚠️ Note: This episode is from the Intentional Documentary® era. I’ve kept it in the public archive because it centers memory, place, and presence: the heartbeat of story work.

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Photographer Angela Ramsey shares the story of her grandmother and the family’s beloved beach house. What begins as a documentation project becomes something deeper, revealing the emotional textures of place, caregiving, and generational bonds.

This short episode invites you to reflect on your own meaningful spaces and the people who shape them.

Topics:

• Documenting personal family legacy through photography
• How photographing someone can deepen your relationship
• Angela’s bond with her grandmother and the meaning of shared places
• Emotional memory and sensory recall through story
• Questions to reflect on your own story-rich spaces and people

Where is Angela now? 

Angela Ramsey Douglas is a commercial, portrait, and documentary photographer based in eastern Virginia. In addition to documenting her own family’s story, Angela focuses her lens on environmental issues in her hometown of Norfolk, Virginia, continuing to frame the beauty, tension, and truth of the world around her.

Connect with Angela + access the archived episode resources here: 
 → dangerouslygoodstories.com/intentional-documentary-archive