Taylor Jones
Autor von Dear Photograph
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- 22-year-old TAYLOR JONES was inspired to start DearPhotograph.com as he flipped through old family photos at his parents' kitchen table. When he came across an image of his brother sitting at that very same table, he lifted it up and snapped a picture of the picture. In a moment, the idea for DearPhotograph.com was born. After taking a few more photographs, Taylor posted them on a website and asked people to submit their own renditions--but he had no idea of the reaction he would get. In just 6 short weeks, millions of people had visited, hundreds had submitted, and Taylor had created an Internet phenomenon that had captured the world's attention.
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This is a wonderful, charming, poignant book that reminds us of the joys (and sadness) of memories from pictures. Each old photograph is connected to the present, held up in the same location by the person writing the note. I love the idea and I love the collaborative work of all the people who contributed. The personal sharing reminds me of the power of Humans of New York.
4.5 stars
4.5 stars
I had visited the dear photograph website, where people retake old photos in the same location as the original photo while addressing the photo ("Dear Photograph..") reminiscing about the time when the photo was taken. I then saw this book on display at the local library and picked it up. This book gathers together some good examples from the website, and they are often touching or poignant. It's interesting how much stays the same for the people's lives who contribute to the website and the book. Does it say anything about how stable they are that they can retake a photograph decades after they originally took it? That they live in the same city, neighborhood or even house? We don't get much of a sense of the people taking the photo, as they often only write a sentence or two addressing the photo. I'd have liked to have more context for a lot of these pictures.
It's still an interesting book, with some nice photos.… (mehr)
It's still an interesting book, with some nice photos.… (mehr)
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Often there was an old picture and hardly any background shown or an unchanged background. So I see no progression. Therefore the entry is about the comments. Defeating the purpose of the original concept IMO.
I liked best the elderly or deceased people's pictures set in modern time. That showed progression. Time went on and that person (those people) were there once and their loved ones walk the same steps or remember them with additional touching comments (wisdom). For me the ones that showed obvious progression were my favorites.
I think it's a delicate thing, capturing the progression is what is important to me. The book showed two different things, memories and progression. The memories were probably too personal for me. The progression captured my imagination more. It definitely sparked something in me and I will spend some time daydreaming of ways to pull off something similar.
For example, I participated in taking a picture of my mom in her 60's with a girlfriend from her teens. If I took the original picture and held it up against the original street and said "I wish I could have known her as a teen" that would not be as powerful as what happened. It's actually not bad but that is about the words. They visited together a few years back and stood side by side again and had their picture taken. We tried to match the background a bit but they were the important ones, not the background.… (mehr)