Thursday, October 22, 2009


One of the most fascinating things about photographs is the way that regardless of how old they are or how removed from your current situation they are, a photo can instantly transport its viewer back to that exact time and setting. This is a photo of my older sister and i when she, myself and my younger sister took a trip to Budapest, Hungary to celebrate the birthday of my older sister, Caitlin. This was a few years ago, but the picture can still bring me back to this exact place. I'm standing on the Danube river enjoying the warm sun on a rather cold march day, i can still hear the music that was playing in the streets and i can still taste the coffee i had just had. The smell of cigarettes, that were smoked by seemingly everyone in the country, begins to linger in my nose as i look at this. The good things remain in photographs, whether or not i was fighting with Caitlin that morning, which I am sure i was, or if i was jet lagged or in a bad mood don't translate in the photo. I see the two of us smiling and having fun together, i taste coffee and cigarettes and feel the sun. This is the beauty of photos, although i am busy at school in Montana and my sister is busy with work in DC it is important to look back at a time where we were able to be carefree and have fun together.

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