A picture is a record of an extremely brief occurrence. Looking at a picture, I become nostalgic. I may feel different emotions wrapped in the picture: happiness, sadness, longing, despair, etc. It is like an exercise of the emotional memory.
Someone said that if his house was burnt and he needed to save important things before everything turns into ashes, he would choose to save the photo albums after saving the lives of the people. His message means that all other things can be replaced but no

