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When analog restoration makes the past feel too real (www.clickworlddaily.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/photography@lemmy.world

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Original text below by @versiqcontent@moist.catsweat.com

Lately I have been reflecting on how powerful old photos can become when they are carefully brought back to life. Not because of any specific image, but because of the strange feeling they create. You scan an old photo, adjust a few things, and suddenly it feels like the person is right there, alive and present.

It makes you pause. This is not just an old picture. This is memory coming back with full force.

I found a short article that expresses this feeling really well. It talks about how youth in vintage photos can feel unexpectedly modern and how that changes the way we look at the past.

Curious if anyone else here has felt something similar while working with old family pictures or film.

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[–] DisOne@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Chronosonder - a fantastic word I only learned of recently - seems related. Seeing someone as cool from a photo is one part of it, but realising someone from olden times had so much in common with us has been stunning me for a while now. In reading anything covering history or even old family stories, the small, human details really hit home. You wonder how you’d cope in similar circumstances or what that person might make of the modern world. Great topic, thanks for posting