05/28/2026
Beautiful words from my friend, Alicia. Worth the read. 🥹🫶🏼
Sometimes it feels strange trying to explain the value of photographs because nowadays, we’re so used to putting prices on things based on business costs, luxury, quality, branding, craftsmanship, or what something is “worth” in society’s eyes. We know the value of designer bags, dream vacations, beautiful homes, brand new cars, the newest smartphone, expensive appliances, and all of the things people save for and invest in.
But I want you to think about the value of your photographs differently. Not the price a photographer charges for them, but the actual value they hold to you. Because photographs are one of the only things in this world that grow more valuable as time passes.
We see photos every single day while scrolling Facebook or Instagram or flipping through old albums, so sometimes I think we stop realizing how important they really are. But imagine, for a second, losing every image you have access to, digitally and in print.
Every photo of your grandparents who have passed away.
Your parents when they were younger.
Your children as babies.
Every family holiday.
Every pet you’ve ever loved.
Every home you’ve had to leave behind.
Every ordinary moment that became priceless simply because time moved forward.
If someone told you there was a number you could pay to get all of those memories back, what would that number be for you? Because that’s the kind of value photographs truly hold.
I think sometimes we overlook images because they feel so accessible now, but photographs are proof that we were here, that we loved deeply, that certain people and moments mattered. Long after trends, luxury items, and material things fade away, photographs are often what people hold onto the hardest. Humans are often buried with their favorite images, people and animals are memorialized with them, they are the images we value enough to enlarge and see in the hallways of our homes every morning and evening. Images celebrate life, love, and bonds that existed in the past and present.
Everything in this world has a value attached to it nowadays. But photographs carry something deeper than a price tag. They carry heart value.
Xo, Alicia
