Add the amount of digital photos we take to the printed photos that are stored in shoeboxes and albums, and it’s safe to say we have a pretty big problem on our hands. The smartphone has become our primary picture-taking device. We use it to capture almost everything that happens: weddings, vacations, baby’s first steps, family gatherings, and more. And we can’t forget about the iconic “selfie”—a term that made it into Merriam-Webster’s dictionary in 2014.

The problem is not how we capture our memories . . . it’s what we do with those memories afterward.

The problem is not how we capture our memories. (Clearly we’ve got that covered.) The problem is what we do with those memories once they’re captured. Our non-digital photos may occupy various spaces within our homes, from the enlarged prints hanging in frames on the walls to the Polaroid images that were shoved into the attic several decades ago—left there to crumble, fade, and eventually be forgotten. Moreover, the ability to locate certain memories within the photo chaos becomes an increasingly frustrating challenge. We may upload digital photos to our social networks or to a cloud storage platform, but without a logical sorting system, this is the digital equivalent of stuffing them into boxes that will sit in the attic for decades.

THAT IS WHY WE CREATED THE PHOTO STORYTELLING, READ MORE IN THE NEXT STORY.