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Reminds me of the work of Studs Terkel [1] who focused on interviewing everyday Americans. Some of his recordings from the 1970s [2] can be found with commenta

Reminds me of the work of Studs Terkel [1] who focused on interviewing everyday Americans. Some of his recordings from the 1970s [2] can be found with commentary as a part of this NPR podcast episode [3] which I have enjoyed coming back to recently. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel [2] https://www.npr.org/2016/09/30/494742224/meet-some-of-the-voices-from-working-then-and-now https://www.npr.org/2016/09/30/494742224/meet-some-of-the-vo... [3] https://www.npr.org/2019/09/13/760632634/episode-939-the-working-tapes-of-studs-terkel https://www.npr.org/2019/09/13/760632634/episode-939-the-wor...

yesenadam 5y ago
I've got a couple of his books, full of interviews with people from all walks of life, e.g. Working and American Dreams. They're incredibly awesome—some of the best, most enlightening books I've ever read.
Cthulhu_ 5y ago
Reminds me of my grandpa, who was an amateur photographer (around WW2 iirc?) and later on videographer who took pictures and videos of everyday things. His work has been donated and archived at the local provincial museum, pretty sure some of it has been on display as well. Take pictures and make notes of the mundane. Modern social media and before that, "family" photography focuses on the highlights and best moments of your life, and some of it (instagram influencers) focus on a fictional, idealized lifestyle with a goal of self- and brand promotion in mind. And everything is very fleeting, there's tons of pictures of cats on my phone for example but all it takes is one accident and it's gone (although I have backups set up). But a lot of pictures are lost because of a lack of physical prints. Random business idea: Microchip or negative photo printing. Send your phone's camera roll to a company, they send you a physical, archival version back that can either be printed like regular photos, or viewed through a viewer. Has to be physical and visual though. I'm sure there's services out there for digital archival as well.
black_puppydog 5y ago
Reminds me of "Kitchen stories" [1], a movie about Sweden's govt trying to design the "perfect kitchen", sending out people to sit in the kitchen and observe tenants in their everyday lives. :D [1]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323872/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323872/

yesenadam 5y ago

I've got a couple of his books, full of interviews with people from all walks of life, e.g. Working and American Dreams. They're incredibly awesome—some of the best, most enlightening books I've ever read.

Cthulhu_ 5y ago

Reminds me of my grandpa, who was an amateur photographer (around WW2 iirc?) and later on videographer who took pictures and videos of everyday things. His work has been donated and archived at the local provincial museum, pretty sure some of it has been on display as well. Take pictures and make notes of the mundane. Modern social media and before that, "family" photography focuses on the highlights and best moments of your life, and some of it (instagram influencers) focus on a fictional, idealized lifestyle with a goal of self- and brand promotion in mind. And everything is very fleeting, there's tons of pictures of cats on my phone for example but all it takes is one accident and it's gone (although I have backups set up). But a lot of pictures are lost because of a lack of physical prints. Random business idea: Microchip or negative photo printing. Send your phone's camera roll to a company, they send you a physical, archival version back that can either be printed like regular photos, or viewed through a viewer. Has to be physical and visual though. I'm sure there's services out there for digital archival as well.

black_puppydog 5y ago

Reminds me of "Kitchen stories" [1], a movie about Sweden's govt trying to design the "perfect kitchen", sending out people to sit in the kitchen and observe tenants in their everyday lives. :D [1]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323872/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323872/