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September 26, 2006
Photograph
If you've read the about page, you will know that I keep this site running mostly for those family members and friends with whom I have not had the chance to be in regular contact. I also do it for the kids who would in the future have access to cached records of them growing up, and of their surroundings.
One other reason that I have never mentioned, perhaps because it's more self-serving than anything else, is I use this site in lieu of real photos - sometimes. I carry with me a wallet-sized photo of the family that N printed before one of my trips a few years ago. But if you've ever been to my office, our apartment, or wherever I had been residing in a particular period of time, you won't find a photo hanging on the wall or framed on my desk, if not by the insistence of another. Which is a bit strange, I admit, for I enjoy photography, I enjoy holding prints, I enjoy looking at the reflection on the photo surface and the sense of permanence that it gives to a piece of memory. However, I can't, unless I am under pressure of time or request, seem to bring myself to have something printed and framed.
And for that reason, and because most places I'm at have good internet connection, I can easily access my files and pull up a photograph instantly, framed by the borders of the computer screen - according to the dimensions of my preference.
Posted by quickness at September 26, 2006 08:49 PM