The other day, as I watched my wife selecting negatives on the lightbox ready for scanning, it occurred to me that there might be a photograph in the subject. So I dropped a random selection from her assortment and took the photograph above. As I did the thought crossed my mind concerning whether I would still have these images if they had been digitally recorded. Though negatives are relatively fragile they are less subject to the potentially catastrophic accidents, format changes, and casual attitudes and bit-rot that seem to surround digital archives.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
