November 11, 2013

Day 11: Photographs

Photographs freeze moments in time. They are actual images of reality in a single moment. I always love really old photographs from the time when cameras were first introduced because they highlight an era that is so intriguing. We learn so much from looking at those old photos – how people dressed and lived, where they worked, what the world looked like.

Think of all the photographs that we take now. Think of all the ways we can take photos – cell phones, computers, digital cameras, key chains, iPods…the list just grows. Imagine a hundred years from now when your photos are discovered by someone. What will they think about you and your life? All those duck-faced selfies and photographs of folks’ dinners out there could be quite interesting to someone in the future. I can’t imagine what they’ll think of us and how we dress and live, where we work, and what our world looks like.


In honor of Veteran’s Day, here is one of my favorite photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt titled V-J Day in Times Square (1945).


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