Comments on: The one that got away

By: Mike Dougan

Mike Dougan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:26:00 +0000

Back up, back up, back up……..

This is the age not of digital photography but the age of lost images.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:59:51 +0000

A 2005 look at the challenges of preserving digital photographs.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:41:09 +0000

I have had digital files break down – I guess one day I will lose a negative and be sad. I try not to spend too much time worrying about the archiving of such things. You do what you do, you hope its enough. If it’s not, well, you’ll never forget the image.

It’s odd really, digital has made us think more about backups etc – when it was only film we were dealing with it was just negatives, we didn’t get ‘em copied they just existed in a box or a file. Now, we have raid drives and the like, I guess we have never been so protected and yet, I feel safest with my film.

I’ve never lost anything that mattered. If I ever do I’ll be sure to report here how I feel.

By: Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:21:51 +0000

I lost the only audio file I had of my grandmother before alzheimers really got to her. That makes me want to die, I’m so angry at myself, I just want to hear her voice one last fucking goddamn time when she knew what my name was. When someone dies who knows who you are, shit. Someday, everyone who knows who I am will be dead, and no one will know who I was.

By: Daryl Scroggins

Daryl Scroggins — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:04:26 +0000

I’m kept awake at night sometimes by the thought that so much information has been poured into storage so much less definite than boxes and drawers.

As for the why of photographs: I take pictures like a dumbass writes a poem.