Riffle through the flea markets, attics, basements and junk heaps of Prague, Zagreb, Travnik and Subotica; latch on to any old family photos you find; and then publish them online.

You should end up with a site like this one, crammed full of snapshots that are in turns touching, banal, crumpled, cheesy, formal, unposed - but all fascinating.

Soldiers, officials, mothers, children, families, lovers. They’re all there. And, because they’re all anonymous and unknown, you have to make up your own story for each photograph. That’s the site’s charm, which a properly-documented catalogue (useful as it is) lacks.

Have a look. And then go and visit August - something tells me this is rather up her alley.

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