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Just as a curious observation, i wonder whether that sadness and disappointment would have been around before cameras and photos were invented. After all, ther
by ACow_Adonis 9y ago
Just as a curious observation, i wonder whether that sadness and disappointment would have been around before cameras and photos were invented.
After all, there was of course a time when no one had photos of their parents or their family.
- donarb 9y agoThere have been paintings and drawings of people for centuries. And there are possessions of those people, things that they wore or touched when they were alive.
- kelnos 9y agoGood point. It's hard to be sad about something that doens't exist and you can't fathom as a possible technology. Commissioning painted portraits were certainly a thing before photography, but I assume you had to be decently well off to afford that, and of course that's going to capture you in a staged setting, nothing remotely candid.