Snapshots of an era gone by. The people: their moments, their stories, and their lives are all too fleeting. Then it's all over and forgotten for the most part. Only but a few highlights are frozen forever in old photographs that tell us of what was once their stories. But who are they? For they were only discovered through auction houses and/ or flea markets. Whatever happened to the next of kin and/ or relatives of these forgotten people who've discarded them?
And why am I as a total stranger to these people, value them as if for sentimental attachment? Ever since I've acquired my first batch of them accidentally when I won a vintage photo album at Ebay, I was hooked. Now I just want to collect them (especially the pre-1950's era). These photographs for some reason speaks to me in a more reflective manner as they are haunting echoes of the past. Their era in which I wasn't born into, makes this all the more special why I value them so much.