Capturing Memories Mugs

'More pictures of your kids. Wow, they've really grown since yesterday.'

My First Camera

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

"10th Anniversary Woodstock Reunion'

Mother pours bubble bath into child's plastic pool

I painted them all from memory.

Kirsten Johnson

'My first camera'

'I almost get out the door and then my mom yells...'Don't you know it's February?!' And here I am again...looking like an eskimo.'

"We laughed. We cried. But mostly we watched TV."

'Admit it, you've been laughing behind my back ever since 1957 when we went in that hall of mirrors in Skegness!'

A boy with a camera

Animal and Human Memory

"It's the dog."

'Dad's always wanting to take pictures. it's so hard to smile with your mouth full.'

"Forget the future, tell me what happened to the past ten years."

'Oh, to be 75 again!'

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I wish I had emotions like people do. I wish I could think as logically as people do. I'd like to take a walk along the shoreline without rusting. Storing energy in a battery rather than a pot belly would be nice. Having a sense of humor would be fun. The ability to selectively delete memories would be great to have. I wish I didn't have to worry about digital viruses. I wish I didn't have to worry about biological viruses.

'I'm about to say my prayers, Dad. Do you want more pocket money too?'

'This reminds me of something funny. Remember the day I was shopping in that china shop and suddenly sneezed?'

Social lens of the photojournalist

"Hurry, hurry! When you get back, we'll finish rehashing 1924 and get right on to 1925!"

'You haven't changed a bit Perkins.'

'Let's see those smiles.'

"Hey! This was rubber stamped!"

"I know more about art than you do, so I'll tell you what to like."

Will you remember this

'I am smiling.'

'Cheese.'

'Do you remember our first date?', 'Sure I do! --'long ago, in a Ford Galaxie far away....''

'Boy, that brings back memories.'

'My graduation gown got lost at the cleaners. Think anyone will notice this Snuggie?'

"Hey, Frankie, remember me? Summer of '88—we were twelve and you buried me up to my neck and left me to die."

The Queen of Static Electricity: 'All hail the queen of static electricity!'

'I was only promoted to fourth grade ten minutes ago, and I've already wiped third grade out of my mind.'