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The Instant Past: Nostalgia and Digital Retro Photography

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Media and Nostalgia

Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies ((PMMS))

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Once upon a time in the wonderful world of images, a few brave engineers discovered how to turn light into digital signals. But they were unaware that their invention would eventually lead to the pixellation of our entire visual world and that this new technology would soon create upheaval in the longstanding pairing of image and time.

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  1. The French Press Institute/CARISM, Pantheon-Assas University, Paris 2, France

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Bartholeyns, G. (2014). The Instant Past: Nostalgia and Digital Retro Photography. In: Niemeyer, K. (eds) Media and Nostalgia. Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137375889_4

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