A Photo is Worth More Than Just a Picture

Like the article states, when a house burns down, the main three things people wish to save are family, pets, and family photos and pictures. Patrick Cox does a great job of pulling the audience in using everyday examples and commonalities as Americans. He describes photos almost as their own parallel universe and how people are drawn to them and become connected. I feel that he was very accurate in his observations, because pictures and photos are such a big part of our lives today. Whether its just a "good picture" or a place, or even a picture that recreates the memory of that point in time. The connections between people and pictures are unbelievably strong and Cox portrays this strength as the willingness to go into a fire just to save a few sentimental photos. Relating back to myself, I cherish many of my own photos, some only mattering to me, and I know I would do a lot to save them. Pictures are their own database for memories and its easier to relate to these memories with access to a photo that was taken at that time. Trying to recall on a sentimental moment is harder to draw out than it is when you have a frozen moment in time that helps portray your memory or sentimentalism. I know now, that many years from now I'll be able to appreciate all of my old photos and will be more than happy to describe the memory to anyone.