The other evening I was showing photographs to a few friends on the TV from my portable PC, it soon dawned on me I have more photos of our grandchildren than I have of our own children even though I would rise at four AM on Saturdays, and develop photos the old fashioned way. Remember Slides, beautiful color, scenes that jumped out at you, often boring vacation pictures, but somehow real. Now the world is full of digits. I still have my albums but since entering the digital world I understand the author's point of view below. Before entering the digital world I would warn others of PC crashes, of technology change, of misplaced CDs or Dvds, I had thick albums to peruse, you should do the same. Now 'layers' in Photoshop - among too too many other options - occupy my mind and pictures multiply like rabbits.
'Many More Images, Much Less Meaning'
"The loss of my father and the resulting disorientation made me crave paper photos in a way I hadn’t in years, especially ones of him before Parkinson’s disease stole his last facial expression. They were no substitute for the man, but at least they could be touched and held — and beheld — unlike my father, who was now unreachable and unable to be seen."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/opinion/sunday/a-lament-for-the-photo-album.html
"In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it." Emile Zola
'Many More Images, Much Less Meaning'
"The loss of my father and the resulting disorientation made me crave paper photos in a way I hadn’t in years, especially ones of him before Parkinson’s disease stole his last facial expression. They were no substitute for the man, but at least they could be touched and held — and beheld — unlike my father, who was now unreachable and unable to be seen."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/opinion/sunday/a-lament-for-the-photo-album.html
"In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it." Emile Zola
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