ABOUT / MELANIE JAYNE SANCHO TAYLOR

Photographic archive expertise, brought into your home.

A woman with shoulder-length gray hair, wearing a pink long-sleeve blouse, stands in front of a metal shelving unit filled with boxes and folders. She is smiling and has her hands clasped in front of her.

I founded Your Photo Legacy to help families make sense of a lifetime of photographs and family materials - often spread across albums, boxes, phones, computers and hard drives - and to create a clear, considered way to care for them.

My mission is to help you take charge of your family’s story and personal heritage - with the expertise to ensure your photographs and family materials are organised, understood and protected over time.

A background in photography, archives and preservation.

With more than a decade of experience organising, digitising and preserving photographic collections at the British Library in London and the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, I bring professional archival expertise into the homes of families who want their collections cared for with thought and intention.

I’m a Certified Photo Manager, trained in Information Management, and a
contemporary photographic artist whose work explores personal archives and memory.

I combine this unique background with a deep passion for helping families create beautifully organised, meaningful family archives that can be enjoyed now - and understood by generations to come.

10+ YEARS’ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION EXPERIENCE

State Library of Victoria · British Library

CERTIFIED PHOTO MANAGER

The Photo Managers

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Graduate Certificate · RMIT University

PRESERVATION TRAINING

Preserving Photographic, Film and Sound Archives · University of Dundee

CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE

Photographic artist exploring archives, memory and photographic materiality

BEGIN WITH YOUR COLLECTION ARCHIVE SERIES / 01

Your photographs.
Your stories.
Your legacy.

We begin with what you have, what matters most, and what you want your collection to become.

Begin with a Collection Assessment