I admit it. I’m a photo hoarder. In fact, I bet I’m not the only one. That’s right, I’m looking at you! But don’t worry, you’re not alone. Millions of people feel like they’re drowning in a sea of digital photos. So many of us are struggling to wade through our digital photos that there’s an entire organization dedicated to […]
In 2005, my two remaining grandparents passed away within two weeks of each other. My parents travelled back to the UK for the funerals and returned with a large collection of photos, documents and a couple of small mementos. Among my mother’s family papers was a key that unlocked the door to her past: her parent’s […]
The comedian Louis CK has wryly but wisely observed, “Out of all the people that ever were, almost all of them are dead.” And of the roughly 108 billion people who have ever lived, almost all of them are forgotten. We don’t even know their many of their names, let alone what they looked like, did […]
The family album is dying. For years, families captured their daily lives on negatives and slides. Snapshots were then selected and collected into books, slide carousels and albums. Photo corners, sticky pages, scrapbooks, and slide projectors were the tools of the trade. The process itself was slow, requiring a camera, film and a lab to process and print. Collectors like Erik Kessels have […]
A group of college students came across an album, a lost collection of photos of a woman and her family, frozen in time. Captivated by the beautiful family snapshots, the students made it their mission to find the owners of this lost family treasure. Here’s who they are, and why they care about lost family photos: We […]
As part of our ongoing partnership with experts in the family history community, our team reached out to Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective who can help you solve your family photo mysteries. She’s not only a genealogist, she’s also a veritable Sherlock Holmes of family photographs. In this post, Taylor shares her tips to discovering […]
Family photos are in danger. Many of us have stacks of old photographs, slides and negatives. In addition, there are likely to be one – or many – old photo albums sitting in closets, attics, basements, or storage lockers. Now that we have fully entered the digital age, these relics of an earlier time are sort […]
There are stories waiting to be discovered in your loved one’s homes. Where can you find these hidden stories? Just start looking through your vintage family photos. To celebrate matriarchs, we asked floral and visual designer Casey Godlove to share some of his inspiring ideas for incorporating vintage family photos into your Mother’s Day celebrations. Below are excerpts […]
We’ve all been there. The moment is simultaneously exciting and discouraging. Opening up an album that’s been sitting in an attic for decades feels a lot like discovering buried treasure. And like most buried treasure, your precious family albums may look like they’ve seen better days. Dust and grime can build up on photos when they sit, untouched […]
For over 27 millennia since the first cave paintings were discovered, telling stories has been one of humanity’s fundamental communication methods. Even with technology’s increasingly sophisticated and instantaneous capabilities, our brains still respond to content by looking for the story to make sense out of the experience. This fact brings me to a core question I often […]
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