Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, and find that the next generation, at least in my family, is equally fascinated if there is someone to lead them through the albums for the first time. I come from a long line of family photographers and have some photos that go back to 1870. Last winter I scanned all 1327 photos, annotated them and put them on DVDs for the rest of the family. It took four months but they were delighted because not only were all those old pictures easily browsed on their computers, but searchable by name, location, and activity. Another advantage: now those pictures will almost certainly never be lost since there are DVD copies spread across three states. Of course the downside of this has been the discovery of even more old family photos in attics by rarely heard from cousins who'd like them added to the disc. Success begets success, I suppose. >On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:40:40 +0000, Frank Dernie ><Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: >> I massively regret the photographs thrown away by my grandmother when >> she moved house. what was banal to her would have been of abiding >> interest to me and our descendants. Funnily enough it is the family >> snaps and pictures of the everyday things and life which are lasting. >> Pictures of rows of shops, the market, the family at home and so forth. >> The artsy fartsy stuff is of much less lasting interest IMHO. >> Frank >> > >Exactly right about that. I have piles of old family snapshots that >are a source of endless fascination. In the faces, the dress of the >people, and the look of their surroundings, I have a connection to the >past that I cannot find another way now that the people who could tell >me stories of that time are gone. Many of the pictures I take are >about capturing a moment in time. The street shots and shots of faces >and places at a moment in time will hold my interest long after the >photos of splotches of paint on an old door have worn out in print and >in my mind. >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA