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Nostalgia and the Collapse of Imagination
Photography, Memory, Nostalgia, Cultural Analysis, Art and Technology, Psychology, Perception, Social Media, History of Photography Joshua Sariñana Photography, Memory, Nostalgia, Cultural Analysis, Art and Technology, Psychology, Perception, Social Media, History of Photography Joshua Sariñana

Nostalgia and the Collapse of Imagination

Photography emphasizes nostalgia to visualize and understand a future that we cannot—or try not—to imagine. The ever-increasing use of retro nostalgia within the space of photo-sharing may collapse the ability to imagine a coherent future by altering the region of the brain that forms autobiographical memories.

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