When you print a photograph it becomes physical. A print is the representation of the digital file. As a print, it becomes part of our daily physical existence. As a constant part of our life the print comes to play a role in our life, perhaps affecting us in ways we didn’t expect.
We are now living in the digital world, it is easily scrolled past, or swiped away and forgotten forever. Digital photos live unnatural existence.
Printing pictures is very important because to see it in the real world brought on emotions that had never arisen when viewing the photo online.
Yes, “an image is an image” whether it is digital or printed. But a printed image has a different existence – a bodily existence – and becomes part of your world as something physical rather than dreamlike.
A print is displayed somewhere and might remain for a very long time. However, a digital photo is at your decision – only viewed on your idea and dismissed almost immediately. If you do not wish to see them, they are gone. A digital photo is not ever-present as a print is. Digital photos count on you to come looking for them and it becomes part of our daily life.
People come and go and memories fade. Creating good memories and bringing those memories into life is the most precious thing that will remain forever.
JOHN
