Photos aren’t quite as special anymore. Taking a picture of your family used to be an event. Developing film was expensive. The photographer had to have elaborate skills. You had to sit still for an eternity or you were a blur. Up until a certain era, people didn’t really have cameras of their own, they had to go to a photo studio to have pictures taken.
With all the thought and expense that went in to have a picture taken back in the olden days, I’m astonished when I find these photos abandoned out in the wild. Estate sales. Thrift stores. Swap meets. Online marketplaces. Who are these people? Where are their families? How did they get lost and cast aside, when they were meant to be treasured and passed down from generation to generation?
All that being said...
Welcome to my new project! I will be scanning and posting beautiful photos that I have found (or been sent, or purchased, etc) which have lost their homes. I would love for this to become a community effort of experts helping to identify the clues hidden in these photos... the eras, locations, and historical references. And although they will all be long shots, maybe together we can help these lost photos become found.
If you find photos in your journeys and want to submit them to this project (and ultimately my database of found photos) please email me at LPFJamie@gmail.com. Until then, we can all enjoy the beauty of these photos, the clothing and buildings, and styles in them, and imagine their lives together.
Also, follow @LostPhotosFound on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!
