Lifting the Fog on the Cloud

Lifting the Fog on the Cloud

By now we’re all at least passingly familiar with the term “the Cloud.” But how much do we really know about whether the Cloud is best for storing and protecting our photos? What exactly are we talking about when we say “the Cloud?” The term refers to cloud computing,...
For Facebook, photo storage is not the primary objective

For Facebook, photo storage is not the primary objective

For many people, Facebook is the final resting place of their digital photos. Facebook makes it extraordinarily easy to upload, tag, and share as many photos as you wish to store there. There appear to be no storage limits, and with just a click of a button, your...
April in Paris

April in Paris

I’ve mentioned that I’m a photo historian, right? Like, I’ve been trained to ask questions of photographs, some of them unanswerable. Last year, I acquired a small lot of snapshots from Paris. The seller didn’t give much specific information, just that they were Paris...
Perfectly imperfect

Perfectly imperfect

I’ve been thinking a lot about this odd little photo in my collection. I found it at an estate sale in a tin box with about a dozen other pictures and some letters. Aside from the captivating faces, expressions, and interactions in this picture, I was attracted by the...
Love

Love

Not gonna lie, I cackled.  From some episode in this show: Love (2016) Post...