Selective Focus: Ancestry

Some of these are so amazing. Good point about the changing media, and trying to keep track of all the pictures we take, Tim. I actually never saw this image of my grandpa until a week ago, even though I took it - almost 30 years ago. I've been scanning negatives from rolls of film I shot when I was in college, and there are a lot of rolls that never even made it to a contact sheet.

"Taking photographs seems no longer primarily an act of memory intended to safeguard a family's pictorial heritage, but is increasingly becoming a tool for an individual's identity formation and communication... The increased manipulation of photographic images may suit the individual's need for continuous self-remodelling and instant communication and bonding. However, that same manipulability may also lessen our grip on our images' future repurposing and reframing. Memory is not eradicated from digital multipurpose tools. Instead, the function of memory reappears in the networked, distributed nature of digital photographs, as most images are sent over the internet and stored in virtual space."

From "Digital photography: communication, identity, memory," José van Dijck, 2008

Paul (Lundgren), that is basically the kitchen we have now. And my wife would kill for that outfit! Mom had style!