“…family celebrations, prime moments for picture-taking, are now so influenced by the presence of the camera that the act of photography has itself become a holiday tradition…Families use the image-freezing magic of the camera to isolate, record, and confer importance on certain events in their lives.”
– Source: http://www.folkstreams.net/film-detail.php?id=112
1. Introduction
Stories give meaning to our lives. Family photographs and the stories that go with them connect individuals to past events and to each other, helping to shape personal and shared histories as well as a sense of identity. As society moves further into the digital age, many people are still grappling with physical collections of old family photographs, often stored in poor conditions and subject to physical degradation with the passage of time. Others are enjoying the ease of on-demand, digital photo book publishing, and the renaissance of scrap booking. There are many ways to tell your story. This guide provides basic recommendations and examples for how to retain value in historic family photographs and the stories that provide meaning and context for them, based on best practices in archives and library science.
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