This photo is my grandfather holding up a photo of himself in the army, aged 18. He is 91 now. That be old by any reckoning. He sometimes gets irritated when he can't clearly remember little details in stories things that happened to him over 65 years ago. I tell him that I can't remember little details in stories of things that happened to me LAST year and that I hope I am as lucid as him when (if) I get to be 91.
Great picture! Everything works in this one. The black and white with the little bit of colour. The clock, off-set with the pictures of new generations. The pose, the hands. Plus I can see a lot of you in the picture of him.
ReplyDeleteThese past two years I've spent a fair bit of time with my own grandfather (who is in his mid seventies) helping him put together two books about his life as a young man. Have looked at many pictures of him in the process. I'm very moved by it all and it leads me to think of all sorts of bittersweet things about who we are, where we come from and where we're going.
Thanks for your comments Luke. I put up another photo on wildparticle.com from the same set, in case anyone wants a look see.
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