The camera is a memory machine. And a legacy one. Photography is all about recording memories (or creating them) and building, whether you like it or not, a legacy. They, the memories and the legacy, slowly mature to become something bigger and more important over time. They become part of history; they create a historical record. Not always interesting or important, but there all the same. Not always visible or accessible, but there somewhere.

For us as individuals though, that historical record is only going to exist via our physical output. I believe it’s fanciful to think that our nearest and dearest will have any desire, let alone the capability, to access our digital/online archives

This article is about why some form of printing of photographs is critical to their longevity.

You can read the full article here.