I talk a lot about scanning the pictures you have and making sure the ones that your ancestors made survive to future generations. Reliving and reviewing pictures is only half of the equation—you also have to take them.
As a participant in your family story, you also have to contribute your threads to the larger tapestry.
We probably don’t think much about the larger social meaning of family photographs. In other words, you take a picture because it’s something you will want to remember, something you’ll want to see or feel later, or something you’ll want to share with friends or family who may not be with you in that moment (maybe they haven’t even yet been born!).
Some scholars (myself included) think about the larger meaning of family photos as cultural objects and mass creative expression. These next posts will explore some of those ideas.
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