Despedida del 2024 con Fuegos Artificiales

Hace un par de dias, una revista de New Jersey se comunico conmigo porque estaban interesados en dos fotos mias de fuegos artificiales que estan en mi cuenta de Flickr. Ellos pidieron permiso para poder utilizar mis fotos en su revista para promover la despedida de año en New Jersey. 

Pense que fue un buen gesto de ellos el pedir permiso para usar las fotos. Otros simplemente copian las fotos sin autorizacion; es algo bien comun en el internet. Si estas interesado/a en ver la pagina, este es el enlace. 

How Do You Preserve Your Photographic Memories?

What would happen to your pictures and gear after you are gone? Do you even care? 

This week I helped restore a picture of a friend's mother, him and two of his siblings sitting next to their now deceased mother. The pic was taken when he was about 2-years-old; my friend just retired last month.

To preserve my memories, I created an album online on Flickr of all my family black and white old pictures, and printed them to keep them for posterity. I also saved them on a flash drive.

Unfortunately, we live in a throw away society, and I'm afraid that's exactly what will happen to any of my images that aren't printed, and properly stored. Even then, it's a guessing game as to what will happen to my pictures.

The younger generation doesn't seem to care much about preserving these memories, so I doubt my family will do anything with them.