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DAY 248 | PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITIES |
Composite Portraits
CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE
As a teenager, the closest I ever came to fathering a child was in a video arcade during a church youth group outing. The arcade had a booth with a camera that would photograph two people and digitally create a composite image; I entered with a less-than-enthusiastic partner and, five dollars later, had a photograph of our theoretical offspring.
We were not the first or last couple to experiment with this technology. Many have toyed with digital composites as a commitment-free glimpse of their possible future child. Of course, mixing two photographs is easier ...
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