We've all smiled before the camera to represent our perpetual enjoyment of everything to the archive.We've heard the story about "privative" societies that believe photography can capture the soul. Some have likely seen the pictures of 19th century funerary photography, people posing (quite literally) with dead people as a means to preserve their spirits. Now, with the proliferation of affordable digital photo-retouching technology, we're seeing photography become even more magic.
Where photography once had the power to create and possess the spirit of a moment, it now becomes a force that can also manifest spirits--for example, your Uncle Dick at your wedding, despite him being preoccupied with that 8-week wine-tasting course on your most special of days.
Our lives will never be the same. At least, how we remember our lives.
New York Times
Where photography once had the power to create and possess the spirit of a moment, it now becomes a force that can also manifest spirits--for example, your Uncle Dick at your wedding, despite him being preoccupied with that 8-week wine-tasting course on your most special of days.
Our lives will never be the same. At least, how we remember our lives.
New York Times
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