My parents have saved tons of boxes of old family photographs growing up. They are fun to look at from time to time, because it used to be a bit harder to create photos. I wonder if the next generation of people will collect moments the same way we used to, seeing how quick and easy things are posted online. I’m sure many of them don’t even have pictures saved locally somewhere and rely on social media and the cloud to store their past.
I don’t think so.
On the one hand, digital images seem more likely to get lost or forgotten sooner or later. This seems likely to me even when they are uploaded to social media platforms—I consider it highly doubtful that these media will archive images over long periods of time.
On the other hand, they don’t seem to have the same significance as physical photos: I’ve never actually had anyone show me pictures on a screen, but I’ve often had people show me photo albums while telling anecdotes from the past.
Either way, I think the way we deal with photos has changed. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Not even of their cats?
One or two on their phones, but I mean the tradition of looking at pictures together and reminiscing about the past. I don’t get the impression that people still do that today.
I do! Cast my photos to the TV, turn on a slideshow and just look at them and remember.
That’s nice. I should do that sometime.