Jostein wrote:
I think private persons have higher stakes in this than do
professionals; it's the the memories of previous generations. I've spent
many hours this winter scanning old photos of near and distant
relatives, to much appreciation by the rest of the family. It's one heck
of a job, but the gratitude I get in return is certainly worth it. Most
of the photographers have been six feet under for a long time already.
Still, the legacy is there, and is important.
I would like to do my best to propagate not only my own shots, but the
legacy I have maintained as well.
I agree with you totally here. It's probably what concerns most
listers. Having seen my grandparents' estate broken up and dispersed
amongst numerous relatives, never to be reasssembled into a coherent
whole, it's something that I wish to avoid for my own pictorial
ramblings. A set of disks/tapes/drives/solid state memory chips does
not seem to be the way to maintain interest. Some form of analogue
storage seems to me to be the only way to maintain interest.
mike
