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I have a thought to share here: photography has changed. It’s not just that we don’t necessarily make photo albums the way we used to, but also that the actual

I have a thought to share here: photography has changed. It’s not just that we don’t necessarily make photo albums the way we used to, but also that the actual choices we make when taking a photo and the way we behave when someone is taking our photo has shifted. These things tell stories that reinforce certain narratives. You think your kids are covered but how? When do take a photo? Which ones do you dump, which ones do you look at later? It’s a weird uncanny synthetic memory thing when OS AI sorts through photos as well. Anyways, I don’t think younger me would listen either.

MarkusWandel 1y ago
Absolutely true, of course. You don't take pictures of the disasters, you take pictures of the stuff you feel good about, that you want to remember. This reinforces the existing "golden glow of nostalgia" tendency. But has that ever been different in photography? A mind game that I sometimes play: Think of a particularly pleasant "golden glow of nostalgia" memory (or set of photos), and then fill it in with surrounding detail. Not stuff that you remember exactly but context. The boring or even annoying stuff. What if that were recorded too? Why, then browsing around in old recordings would be no more interesting than leading one's current life. Nostalgia, whether in the mind or in recorded media, filters down to the "worth remembering" highlights for a reason.