Photography

On a slightly different note, I find it funny people getting upset about taking photos of people in public. Some(!) of the most famous images we have from the past to give context to our understanding of modern history are candid photos of people going about their daily lives. I often wonder how future historians will filter through all the traces we leave behind (in particular social media and photos and videos) and how they will differentiate between what was real and what was put on for show. One of the biggest debates on history is about how history was recorded and by whom and for what purpose- a lot of it was written by people with power and influence and this could really start to change over the next few generations. Anyway taking candid photos of life is fascinating…