there is something
about a portrait in sepia
the delicate hue and the softly faded smile
not standardized or digitized or posted somewhere in the cloud
save it – print it – don’t lose it – you’ll regret it
and always keep your memories
stored safely in
your heart
Written in response to Sadje’s What Do You See #32 photo prompt.
Image credit: DariuszSankowski on Pixabay
luna's on line 
So true! And what I find is that most of the photos I have like that contain memories that aren’t even mine, meaning the only thing I know about them is what I’ve been told by elder members of the family. But I’m also fascinated with old photos of people I’m not even related to, like those you’d find in an antique store.
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There always seems to be a story behind old family photos. Nobody thought to label them in my family though! I thought I’d been clever with labelling my albums, but the writing on the spines has been bleached to nothing by the sun. Where was that one taken..?
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Exactly! Same with my family. One of my favorites in this regard shows my grandfather “Geo” in his Navy uniform holding two babies and on the back it just says “Daddy and some babies”. 😂 Nobody seemed to ever know who those babies even were!
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Oh, that’s funny! Random babies 🙂
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Ha ha!
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Absolutely true. The old picture, preserved in albums have a unique charm.
Thanks a lot for joining in the challenge Chris.
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Old photos are much more glamorous. Those were the days… I feel another song coming on!
Great challenge, once again, Sadje. 🙂
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Thanks a lot Chris.
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There is truly “something about a portrait in sepia”!
Beautifully said, Chris.
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No one can take that from you.
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That’s right 🙂
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Beautifully put–I couldn’t agree more!
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Thanks Liz 🙂
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You’re welcome, Chris.
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Ahhh the last line hit me the harderst…but i have still a number of photo albums just like the old days..😉
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I think it’s so much more rewarding to look through a photo album. To me there’s more of a connection than viewing images on a screen.
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I agree Chris…that’s why i still would run some digital print outs of the shots we have..
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This has changed my view on sepia, I’m now a fan. Beautiful
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It’s the olde worlde charm 🙂
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So true, Chris. Nicely done.
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Beautiful sentiment put across, Chris. I’m reminded of the huge ‘proper’ photograph albums that my parents added to over the years. They seem so much more tangible than having thousands of pictures of my own kids on my phone, although admittedly less practical!
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Thanks, Matthew 🙂 There’s definitely something special about leafing through the pages of a photo album.
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Such a lovely poem and bit of truth–there is an art in the sepia that digital just cannot match.
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🙂 definitely so! I’m glancing up at the framed old sepia portrait of my mother-in-law as a little girl, which hangs on the wall by where I’m sitting today (because it’s also by the heater).
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Oh, very sweet. I’ve a sepia portrait of family members I’ve never known, kin of my grandfather, apparently. My mother likes to point out that the one slightly slouched with a smirk is a lot like me. I tend to agree. 🙂
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