When photography was hard, and photos rare and special artifacts, there was a more dramatic sense that this thing had a way of freezing a single moment in time. The isolation of it, out of context with life, amplified the effect.
But now that images are captured every day, many times a day, it feels more like slow moving documentary on time itself. Like a movie with a very low frame rate.
A lifetime of selfies really brings this home. Time documented with a capital T.
https://thewalrus.ca/me-my-selfies-and-i/
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