Boing Boing

Boing Boing

How to take family photos your grandchildren will care about

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 27, 2025
∙ Paid

[Family Group], by Charles Nègre, 1854, Salted paper print from glass negative, Public Domain

When Esther Schindler inherited five huge boxes of 10,000 family slides after her father's death, she embarked on a year-long project to save the family's visual history. As she scanned thousands of images dating back to her parents' 1941 engagement, patterns emerged about which photos held lasting meaning – and which were easily discarded.

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Boing Boing.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
Ellsworth Toohey's avatar
A guest post by
Ellsworth Toohey
Contributor to Boing Boing
Subscribe to Ellsworth
© 2026 Happy Mutants LLC · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture