Well said. I’m much in the same vein of thought when it comes to photography and writing. At least the writing I do here or in my journal. Other projects are more constructed.

Almost all of what I do is an extension of memory. Lately, I’ve been looking at old photos I’ve made and it’s startling what they recover from the memory banks. And how much additional stuff is in the print that I didn’t recognize when I pressed the shutter button.

Thanks for your kind words.

From what you’ve written, and especially from these photographs, I think you grok my meaning here.

I’m trying to imagine a whole, grown up workflow in retirement that includes discipline related to naming files and backing things up. But generally, I’m in a much simpler place when it comes to photography. Minimal tools, maximum shooting. Sort of like the scooter…

I made my first photos with the family Zeiss Ikon camera during a trip to Washington DC when I was nine. My father showed me how to focus the camera, set the exposure and advance the film. I had twelve frames to work with. My mother broke down and bought a couple more rolls. All black and white. I still remember the excitement of picking up the processed film at the drug store. Your nephew will have tools and support available that I could not imagine back then. He’ll need a smart uncle to guide him along so he stays focused on content and subject and not the endless shiny objects of tool and application.

Sounds like the smart uncle should open a Flickr account for him. Or maybe send him a camera…

Mike. I searched and searched last night for the picture of me with your truck. Couldn’t find it. And then this morning I found it in a drawer in my office. It’s a gem.

You’re the founder of the feast so to speak. Your challenge really helps me exercise my creative muscles. Really easy to just slouch back and post pictures of the Vespa. Thank you for thinking of the challenge in the first place and coming up with the specifics!

As you say, the images do take on a different quality from the originals and I too sense the passing of time in them. Perhaps for different reasons but the physical look has something to do with it.

Finding old photographs can be a real joy. And it can open doors and conversations you may never expect. The polish of modern digital images, especially the posed nature of selfies, I wonder how someone will read them in 50 years. Maybe it will be the same — a period that a person lived through.