Dear photographs are the ultimate in nostalgic photography, and a great way to refresh and display old photographs. Essentially it is taking pictures of pictures, or rather taking a photo of an old photo where it was photographed.
Taylor Jones, the man who first came up with the idea was inspired by looking at old photographs in his parents’ kitchen. Jones then found a photograph of his brother on his third birthday that was taken in that very same kitchen by Jones’ mother, from exactly where he was currently seated. He positioned the old picture, lined up all of the cupboards in the photo with the modern day cupboards, and snapped a photo of the photo including the modern day kitchen. He posted it to his blog, and the rest is history.
Dear photographs are a great photo project to send to family members for birthdays, anniversaries, or on Mothers/Fathers’ day. They are a great way to rejuvenate all of those photos that have been hiding in your shoe box waiting to be scanned and digitized…
Photo credit: excepts from the Dear Photograph book
