Photos from a world that no longer exists - Part 1

in #photography5 years ago

Premise: my grandfather and I

My grandfather has always been a very important person to me.
In fact, I think he influenced my life in a way that I can't even fully understand.

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He was a caring father for my mother, a perfect husband for my grandmother and a wonderful person with everyone he met in his long life.

He passed out in 2015, at 84, while I was in rehab, so I couldn't be with him during his last, difficult days.

By the way, it was like he was there with me all the time.
Right before closing his eyes forever, he was under opiates to alleviate the pain so he wasn't really awake.
But my mother told me he opened his eyes and called everyone near him.
He told them he loved his life and he was happy to die that way, surrounded by his family.
Then he spoke to my mother and told her that he was proud of me.
When she reported that to me, I cried.

His life was all about traveling

He traveled a lot, during his life.
He literally wanted to explore the whole world.
At the time there were no digital cameras or smartphones, so he took a lot of wonderful photos with his analogic camera.

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Between 2012 and 2015 he decided to learn how to digitalize his old photos and we bought a device to scan them and restore them.

In this post, I would like to share some of his photos with you.

Photos from a world that no longer exists - Part 1

These photos are from the 60s to the late 90s.
Most of them represent a world that no longer exists.

Some nations aren't anymore, some places are now covered with tar and houses, most of the people showed here aren't even alive anymore.

I want to post this in various parts, due to the huge amount of photos he left me.
I think this is a good way to express my gratitude to him.

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Cocos Island, 1996

This is a young couple of red footed bobbies.

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Buthan, 1983

This is a picture of a girl in Buthan, in 1983.
When I look at this picture, I wonder where is this girl now, what she's doing, if she's happy or not.
Makes me think a lot.

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Nepal, 1979

The pictures above are from Nepal and are my favourites.
In the first one, my grandfather was looking at a Nepalese funeral.
In the second one, a young girl is carrying her little brother.

I hope you liked his work, I really love to look at the past of the world and to imagine how things were at the time.

If you want, you are free to resteem this or to show this photos to your friends.

Have a good day :)

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it's interesting to see how the camera result back then vs now. So much nostalgia in those pictures. I remember when I was a kid, my grandparent taught me to used analog camera and it was fun!

yep it's really fascinating how that analog camera represented the reality in front of it!
I still use some analog devices nowadays

I got goosebumps after looking at these photos. Just like you, I like wondering what the old days looked like, whether those people are alive still, what they are doing. I think the photo of the Bhutanese girl is my favorite of the bunch.

Nice to meet you, Cristiano :) I will be following your blog with interest.

Thank you for your kind words :)
It makes me happy that you felt something looking at the photos.
The Buthanese girl's one is my favorite as well, in this post.
My goal is to write multiple posts in a sort of column, so I will post other photos soon !

Your project of posting these photos, as a testimony for this world that does not exist anymore as you quote it, is really great. Really!

Personally, I sometimes love to sit down and take an old photo album of my young age, feeling a bit nostalgic (although in terms of dates, your grandpa's pictures consist in another level)!

Thank you :)
I will post more today I think!
Yes I do the same, with old and less old pics!

Thank you so much!
I'll post part two tomorrow :)

I really appreciate actual printed photos and it's one of the things about the digital age that I am not really keen on. It used to be such great fun to sit and look at grandma's or even my mom's photo albums and take a trip through time.

I don't think we really have that anymore ant it makes me a bit sad that this is the case. We take pictures of too many things to the point where none of it is even special anymore.

Meh, i don't want to be the old guy screaming "back in my day!" but I think most people can understand where I am coming from.

Those photos are fantastic though pal. I share your sentiments about the Bhutan lady, wondering where she is now and what not. Seems as though your gramps was a really adventurous dude that lived a good life filled with excitement and exploration. Wonderful.

Thank you for your feedback!
I'm one of those guys who lived the very ending era of analog photos (I remember a few of when I was young) but I always preferred to have a physical copy of the shots I love.

That's why I keep my old Polaroid cameras as treasures and often use them in my travels.

Yes, he was an adventurer, I will post more parts of his photos in the next days :)

Another world.. really..

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