Grandfather's Camera
The object that I found worth being represented in our cabinet is this old camera
passed down to me by my father passed down to him by my grandfather.
This as you can see in the picture, is an old fashioned and less functional
camera from those old years. During the living time of my grandfather, this is
probably one of the biggest technological equipment that surprised everyone
around. And this is the main reason why it was of a very huge significance to him
and to his entire family.
He used this camera like twice a year, and the rest of the time it could be kept in a
very preservative place very far away from anybody else so they could not destroy
it. He mostly used it when he was getting married to different wives as he had all
four of them.
Whenever I look in our photo albums at home and see some of the pictures that
were taken by this genius grandfather, I always miss him as I never got a chance to
meet him. The photos that were taken by this camera seem to be not the best ones
for this world full of advancing technologies, but if you look at the angles and how
much skills they put in trying to capture the best photo they could, it’s really
amazing to view. The photos are not so beautiful but they are very skillfully taken.
This equipment being one of the things with the greatest value my grandfather had,
he wanted it to live forever within his descendants. My grandfather had two
daughters and one son, who is my Dad. He died of a car accident. Before he died
he had revealed to nly my Dad where the camera was always safely kept so that
during the time when he’s gone, my Dad could take it over and preserve it. My Dad
did that and that’s the reason this is still here.
In my family, it’s me and my two sisters. None of them is a big fan of technology
or fancy stuff except me who grew up loving to be a technological and magical
oriented guy. When my Dad saw that I had much passion for musical and
technological instruments such as the piano, computers, etc that’s when he started
introducing me to this beautiful and significant tool. He started teaching me how to
use and most importantly how to keep it safe.
Later in my 15, I started being the one to play around with taking some pictures
during wedding ceremonies and other ceremonies like graduations that happened at
home. This is a very easy camera to learn how to use as long as you are open
minded and curious enough to explore how it works. I became very proud of using
it around and I asked him to give it to me. He handed it to me because he saw how
much I loved it. He told me all that history about and I promised to preserve it as
safe as I can and to go with it everywhere I go. That’s why I took it when I went to
India in 2018 and I brought it here. Unfortunately, it no longer works because I
can’t figure out what’s wrong with its battery and it’s hard to find another one to
replace it.