"I saw the value in displaying photographs of loved ones and happy memories, and I craved it. By middle school, I started buying disposable cameras with my babysitting money and taking pictures when I hung out with friends. I noticed the positive effect that photos had on my mood very quickly I didn't have my own adult home yet, but I put pictures of my friends and me along the border of my bedroom mirror"
"By the time I was in high school and college, I was the one making copies of photos for friends. I noticed how exuberant my best friends would become when I gave them a photo of us being silly or just having a good time together. Before digital cameras and smartphones, looking at new pictures that had just been developed was really exciting for us."
A person who grew up without developed family photos filled an adult home with framed and displayed photographs to create warmth and belonging. Photograph collecting began in middle school with disposable cameras, continued through high school and college with sharing and copying photos for friends, and produced joyful reactions to newly developed prints. Photographs became a low-cost, high-impact strategy for a single parent to make a home feel loving for a child, with images rotated on mirrors, binders, the fridge, and frames to sustain positive mood, connection, and a sense of belonging.
Read at Business Insider
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