>the part that surprised me most was how much context you lose if you don't capture it alongside the media
Who are these people?! [not recognizing faces], I kept asking myself while sorting through my mother's most-sacred of possessions...
This past Christmas I finally sat down and watched VHS of early "celebrations," and it's scary when the rose-colored-glasses have lost decades de-tinting.
Who are these people?! [not recognizing our- younger -selves]
To scan photo albums I found that the book scanner at the local library worked very well. You probably take a slight hit in quality but the overall result is still very good I find.
