On remembering

Why old photos feel the way they do — short essays on memory in the age of the feed.

• Why seeing an old photo out of nowhere feels so good
• A rotation of old photos isn't living in the past
• The photos we take vs the photos we see: closing the gap
• 'They grow up so fast' — and the photos are the proof nobody checks
• The last ordinary photo: why the unremarkable ones matter most
• Your phone is full of people you love. Your screen isn't.
• Digital clutter and the memory signal buried in it
• Memory triggers: how the past normally reaches us — and the phone-shaped hole
• Attention is the new album: memory in the age of the feed
• Which of today's photos will matter in 20 years? (You're mostly wrong)