My family has lived in the Valley for several generations and I am lucky to have some photos from my great-grandparents era. I was thinking of trying to get similar photos as it is seen now and merge the two. Similar to what was done in the photo above.
The other idea I am toying with was something inspired by this photo
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| https://500px.com/photo/59960744/masquerade-by-m%C3%B3nica-poncelas |
Based on the idea that social media makes everyone feel lonely (source: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2011/01/the_antisocial_network.html )
The primary thought was that looking at someone else's news feed you can be led to feel they live a perfect life. An excerpt from this article helps sums up this theory.
"Any parent who has posted photos and videos of her child on Facebook is keenly aware of the resulting disconnect from reality, the way chronicling parenthood this way creates a story line of delightfully misspoken words, adorably worn hats, dancing, blown kisses. Tearful falls and tantrums are rarely recorded, nor are the stretches of pure, mind-blowing tedium. We protect ourselves, and our kids, this way; happiness is impersonal in a way that pain is not. But in the process, we wind up contributing to the illusion that kids are all joy, no effort."
I was thinking of taking pictures of examples of things someone might share on social media, and then another that shows what might also be happening that is not shared. Two-sides to every story type of photo.
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