Talking Pictures
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Uploaded by ransriggs on Jan 18, 2011
When I tell people I collect snapshots, I usually get a blank stare. So I made this video to help explain why I love them.
Music:
"Gruyere" by Podington Bear, used under a Creative Commons license
"Last Kind Word Blues" by Geechie Wiley, recorded 1930, no known copyright
A book of my "talking pictures" is due out from harpercollins at the end of 2011 -- but in the meantime, if you want to see more of them, you can check out the following blogs I wrote:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/71496
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/72877
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/70636
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@CrrackTheSkye The same thing happened to me. Strange
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this was brilliant. I hit like button wishing there was one for love.
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things do talk, especially old things. they have their own stories.
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It funny cuz as a little girl I collected photographs but stopped when people didn't understand. Now I know there are people out there who are like me.
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It's funny, I watched this video a while back, later I subscribed to the vlogbrothers and here I'm back again because of John's recent video.
Funny how the world works.
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I have finally found someone who does the same hobbie as me 0_0 I thought i was the last one...
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I love your collection of photos. I have wanted to start a collection of my own, but unfortunately where I live there aren't a whole lot of antique stores like there are on the Mainland. Makes me wonder what happens to all the old photographs....
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@chibeechibee ...This is the guy who wrote Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children...
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There's something sad about pictures that were apparently personal being discarded and ending up for sale in a flea market.
...like abandoned memories of lives past.
SpeedGimp 4 months ago 22
I got teary eyed. I'm not sure if it was your interest shining through or the long-forgotten stories of many people...or I don't even know. All I know is, that video was so well-done, and the analogy of old photos being like a record was genius. The way you conveyed your fascination with old photos reminds me of what I feel as a writer-the intrigue of a story-fictional or nonfictional. You explained your interest in a way people can understand and relate to-someday I hope to do the same.
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