I decided to revisit the Dear Photo site that initially filled me full of sheer depression. I thought I would try to get to the bottom of why it had such an effect on me. After spending a good while going through the various photo's and words, I realised that it was actually my own sentimentality of the past. Some photos like the one shown here show a once carefree childhood and provoke thoughts of people and experiences now gone forever. I think it's the contrast between most of the photos between what was then and what is now. I tend to try not to look back and celebrate the past or I may risk immense nostalgia and slump into some kind of depression due to the fact there's nothing in the world that could bring those times back again..
I'm sure this wouldn't be the case but I'd rather not look back and think that those times were the best days of my life. I'd rather enjoy now whilst looking to the future. These are the best days of my life right now!
I contradict this all completely even today by the fact I take lots of photographs capturing memories. And in 10 years time I'll refrain from looking back at them for exactly the same reason.
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