"REMEMBER THE HUMAN"

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​"REMEMBER THE HUMAN" WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT DOING SOMETHING WITH THE PHOTOS I'VE TAKEN. FOR ROUGHLY THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF SHOOTING FILM PHOTOGRAPHY I ARCHAICALLY GOT FULL PRINT SETS OF EVERY ROLL, AND SCANNED THE PRINTS ON MY HOME SCANNER. THIS LEAD TO ME BEING PRACTICALLY BURIED IN PRINTS SINCE THE PHOTO STORE I WENT TO GIVES YOU A SECOND SET FREE. THIS PROJECT STARTED OFF AS A WAY TO FIND A USE FOR ALL THOSE PRINTS. SINCE A LOT OF THESE WERE TAKEN REALLY EARLY ON, THEY HELD A LOT OF MEANING FOR ME. THIS LEAD TO A LOT OF LATE NIGHT BINGES, GETTING INTO THESE PICTURES AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. ALL OF THE PHOTOS ARE PHYSICAL PRINTS ARRANGED ON LETTER PAPER AND SCANNED ON THE SCANNER ATTACHED TO MY PRINTER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOY SHOOTING FILM FOR THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF HANDLING AND USING IT. THAT MADE ARRANGING THESE BY HAND FEEL UNIQUE TO ME, JUST LIKE HOW IT ORIGINALLY FELT TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE PICTURES. THE NAME "REMEMBER THE HUMAN" ACTUALLY CAME TO ME FROM ONE OF THE SIDEBAR RULES OF REDDIT WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY LAME TO SAY OUT LOUD. AFTER I READ IT THOUGH, IT FELT RIGHT AND FIT THE MINDSET I WAS IN AT THE TIME TAKING THE PHOTOS. RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED SHOOTING THESE PHOTOS I NEVER TOOK PICTURES OF ANYTHING BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT I SAW IN TERMS OF SOCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FELT REALLY DISCONNECTED FROM REAL LIFE. I DIDN'T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT BUT FELT LIKE I WAS MISSING OUT ON A REMEMBERING A LOT OF THE THINGS I'D DONE. IT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH TO TAKE PICTURES THAT MEAN SOMETHING TO ME AND HELP ME REMEMBER SOME OF THE TIMES PEOPLE USUALLY LET FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS. I MADE THIS NOT REALLY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT PRINTING IT, SO IT ONLY EXISTS IN THE ORIGINAL PAGES AND A PDF. BEFORE I RELEASED IT I ACTUALLY ONLY READ THROUGH IT A COUPLE TIMES. I HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE SO I FINISHED PAGES AND STASHED THEM AWAY BEFORE I COULD REREAD THEM AND SCRAP THEM AFTER THINKING ABOUT THEM TOO MUCH. GLAD I DIDN'T SCRAP TOO MANY.