[kylebyte]

I have pretty much the same mental image, though with the 40's and 50's having some color probably mostly from period movies about that time.

What I really wonder is whether the photos and videos we're taking in the present will have some kind of subjective effect on how people remember our current time. It feels like we're finally at a point where most media has the fidelity to capture an objective image of the world, but that could just be that since we have the reference point of living through these times our minds can fill in the blanks.

Maybe the original comment I replied to's grandkid will want to borrow their old iPhone 12 to take retro pictures with someday.

[Thrymr]

I'm not sure a modern iPhone photo (say) is any more "objective" than a Kodachrome 64 slide, but there are sure going to be a lot more of them available!