Stories,made of twenty thousand words from twenty pictures. All taken with a simple 404 Instamatic Kodak. To them it’s a broken down relic to be sold for one dollar. On the side of a neighborhood’s street.
For, me I hold in my hand a precious time capsule. That holds inside it, a roll of time that tells a story. Perhaps, it will tell me tales of an older generation. When road trips were taken mainly for family holidays and trips to Disneyland.
Where, the mom looked like a modest Jackie O, as she smiles with her cat eyed sunglasses. As, the father holds her at the waist with his clean cut looks and his Buddy Holly glasses. With the children posed in front them, looking like miniature, of their parents.
Maybe, within in this time machine are twenty photos of an European vacation. A vacation that was suppose to start an early retirement. On this retirement there were plans. To take a picture of each moment from a mental bucket list. A list that was made before the phrase became popular.
Whatever, is on this film of history, I won’t know yet, nor do I want to know. As I fumble with it,to see if works. I get the idea to fill in the left over film. I thought I’d bring the past into the future.
A future where a simple phone can take a smart picture. In a modern time, when road trips are made , just for fun. Where, the photos of those treasured time are posted on a popular photo sharing network . Which has this camera’s name, as it’s name sake.
Because of this I have learned that there’s beauty in trashed relics. Really. Especially, in the eyes of now and a future generation. That, all I want to do is hold this camera to my heart. While, just enjoying it’s mysteries and keeping them safe where they’re at. And like Technology, I’ll get inspiration from it’s presents, for my future entertainment.
©LeahJlyn07/22/13
This week, I bought this camera and two other vintage cams for a dollar each. The on above still had it’s film in it. That , I wanted to go and get it developed, But, I’am not for fear that the film is to expired. Also maybe the film has already been exposed to light.
So, I’d rather leave it. Besides original film gives it some more mystic.
Also: I’am post this for Open Link Night at dVersePoets Pub
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