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Just an Old Faded Photograph

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Artist:  Hank Thompson

Released: 1961

Lyrical relic:  Faded photograph

Just an old faded photograph of you
One I always will treasure more than gold
It keeps reminding me of bygone times dear
A keepsake of a love that won't grow old

Full lyrics

Back in 1964, poor old Hank was pining away for his lost love with an old faded photo. When was the last time you held a printed photo, faded or otherwise? The “bygone times” he is lamenting seem even more bygone in 2023.

The digital photos that we now produce en masse, without much thought, were about 3 decades away. The first consumer digital cameras only came into being in the late 1990s. And it would not be until 1999 that the first camera phone (the Kyocera VP-210) became available. 

Yes, people still print photos. You can even whip off some decent looking prints at home if you have a good printer. And still, digital prints are not immune to fading. Fading is ultimately determined by the paper, ink/dye used and how the print is stored – regardless of the medium used. It’s the advances in dyes and paper quality over time that has led to the more enduring prints we can produce today. The ink jet dyes used today are very stable and typically can last 100 years or more.

Still, the fading photo aptly serves as a metaphor for the gradual fading of a memory – one that can’t be matched by today’s digital technology. The crisp digital image you see on your screen will theoretically last forever. Your only option is the sudden and complete obliteration of a digital image via the delete key.

If Hank was still around today, I’m sure he would be thrilled to learn that digital photo restoration services were widely available to scan his faded photograph and bring it back to its original glory.

Sources

http://www.dp3project.org/deterioration/fade

https://www.shutterbug.com/content/how-long-will-your-digital-prints-lastbryou-may-be-surprised-page-2

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