William Teason - book cover for "We Have Always Lived in the Castle"

the asala collection (spanning 130 years, 355 albums/items, and more than 30.000 images) is a perfect example

the collection has been exhibited and promoted, & it is clearly an important historical archive. but who gets meaningful access?

a single rare photo album like those in collections such as this can cost thousands, putting them mainly within reach of wealthy collectors, universities, or museums.

these images are records of human history. when our shared visual heritage is locked behind ownership, price, and restricted access, most people lose the chance to see and learn from it.

they should be preserved, digitised & made accessible.

CHRISTOPHER MOLTISANTI-ISMS

but what I do care about is comic book writers dying broke and hungry while disney pumps out another $1billion military propaganda MCU film using their characters (labor they were payed comparatively nothing for).

what I care about is Gary Bowser paying nintendo 30% of his income for the rest of his life, just because he was pirating games.