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Apart from the current retro trend, there are many people that can be seen in the photos, that have no pictures from that time otherwise. Tilman Brembs photos are a kind of "visualized confirmation of existence“. The "I was there" effect sets in and the children or grandchildren can see what the "oldies" were up to. Nostalgia doesn’t come up, rather a kind of recognition it’s the same with childhood pictures, where you know exactly what color the wallpaper had or which toy did what.

The complete different way of presentation compared to the new social networks makes it so special, because the focus is on the presentation of subculture and art without having the background of permanent availability and accessibility and the awareness that the image will be viewable in the worldwide web the very next day