Snap My Picture

The thing that struck me the most about the Sontag article was the relation to Cameras and family life. One thing that wasn't mentioned that struck me with how true and great this is , is the constant photo snapping of our children. They are our whole being and we want to memorialize them and see how they grow through the ages, but it is especially important to the children. Developmentally there is very little that we remember of our younger years. To have photographs to look back upon moments shared with family, friends, and loved ones. It has an even higher importance for those family members or friends who have been lost and with the lack of physical memories we can look back at photographed ones.

I have a trunk in my home of photos from the early 1900's of generations past and while I do not know who they all are or their stories it is fascinating to see my family history and wonder about the mystery of their existent and/or experiences. Photographs are truly cherished for it could be one of the only things to look back upon.

Photography is a sign of caring, showing great mile stones in ones family or life. To not have pictures of your graduation, or a birthday or especially a wedding breeds about a feeling of lack of love or importance.

Along with that the statement on page 12 "the photographer has the choice between a photograph and a life." People can get so caught up in having to capture a moment or event that they do not truly experience it but only experience it through the photographs they took which is kind of sad but could also be seen as a sacrifice for others.

All in all I hated reading this, and wanted to fall asleep about every other page.