Past Trains: Death of a Friend
Posted: 04 Jul 2010, 08:57
Photos and captions by Nathan Berelowitz, mid-1980s
Very sad photographs. I equate these pics with those I have seen of ships being broken up. We create these wonderful complex machines that seeingly take on a life of their own, and one day we pass them to those who dismantle them once again. Their short time with us often creates attachments to humans who mourn when they get scrapped because we know that while it is only a machine, it takes on the personality of those who built it, those who drive/sail it, those who travel on board it and those who care for it. Those of us who are fortunate enough to know them while they are with us cannot explain to those who dont know, and, especially in our modern plastic world we see even less of these creations in our lives, and I fear the next generation will not be able to pass on that which we still remember.
Will somebody one day create a forum dedicated to old ipods and cellphones? sorry. There is just no attraction.