Comments on: Family Photographs Need a Family

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:41:15 +0000

I think about this A LOT now, and I am finally coming to appreciate “boring old family portraits” like people get in a studio. When I first started I thought it was all about being creative and interesting for every photo shoot, but now I realize that it’s more about documenting a family as they pass through time together.

Another issue I think about: time is passing, and technology is changing the way we share and view images… I think about all of the hard drives that are going to crash with people’s entire collections of family photos stored only in one location and never printed or bound. Families need to print photos and share them with other family members!! And we don’t need 100 files from every photo shoot, you really only need a handful to remember this moment in time.

Thanks for sharing this thought-provoking topic here. It’s wonderful to see your ancestors and hear your thoughts.

By: Thondra Lanese

Thondra Lanese — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:58:53 +0000

Lisa,

My father and grandfather, Arturo and Jose Ferreira, started one of New Bedford’s first photo studios, Arcade Photo on Acushnet Avenue. For year’s we have collected old Arcade photos from yard sales all over Bristol County. These brides and graduates and newly christened babes haven’t lost their families, just found their way into ours.

By: Mark Andrew Higgins

Mark Andrew Higgins — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:17:02 +0000

The NY Times article also struck a nerve with me. I have my grandfather’s cruise books from his aircraft carrier during WWII and the letters and photos he and my grandmother sent each other during that time. There was one letter she wrote to him that I read every month to remind myself of how easy we have it. She wrote to tell him about his mother’s death and how it had been a tough three months with the death of their 3 year old son from scarlet fever and the death of their daughter at birth. It’s hard to fathom what the courageous people of those times went through.

By: Andra

Andra — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:21:32 +0000

I have a few of these from my own family – I love them – treasure them and display them… wonderful post -

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:34:58 +0000

Yes Shang, that’s me. You got one of them.

By: Shang

Shang — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:32:35 +0000

Is that you in img283_edited? The eyes are unmistakably yours!