It's that time of year again when we are supposed to sit back, contemplate, and give thanks for all our good fortune. I feel that I am fortunate (and grateful) to have a passion for photography; for capturing the world around me - and those who inhabit it - and saving the resulting images for posterity. In this day of the cell-phone selfie, I cringe at the thought that the most-photographed generation in history is going to have no visual record that they ever existed. Perhaps that's a bit extreme, but I'm seeing it already: no growing-up pictures of the kids; no tender, poignant pictures of the wedding couple; no family photographs on the wall. Digital media is fragile. There's no guarantee that the CD of senior pictures you received (but never printed anything from) will still be readable when you finally decide to get pictures made. Cell phones crash just like computers - what happens to the pictures on those devices?

I'm thankful that there are people just like me who value the printed image and its small contribution to our visual  history. And I hope each and every one of you has a wonderful Thanksgiving!