Memories; wanting to be remembered or noticed; looking at some aspect of oneself. Looking at family photos: realisation of past influences in one’s life; family environment, mentally and emotionally. Taking photos : capturing a realisation; taking notice of something; remembering. Photo of oneself: one’s self image; need to look at oneself or get an objective view. Photos which come to life: the living influence of past experience; our continuing involvement in what the picture depicts; something which we held as a thought, which is taking shape and becoming real. Developing photos: bringing to consciousness what was latent or unrealised before.
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