2008 | Taken

At first, I thought — right, that’s when the photo was taken.

But then it hit me: “taken” can mean something else entirely.

Here’s a short blog post based on the phrase — playing on the double meaning of taken (photographed / removed / captured). Title: Taken 2008 – A Snapshot in More Ways Than One taken 2008

But looking closer at those grainy digital photos from 2008 — cheap digicam, bad flash, too much grain — I see something else.

April 14, 2026

That’s the thing about the word “taken.” It implies loss — but also preservation.

wasn’t just the year I clicked a shutter button. It was the year things were taken from me. And the year I took things back. At first, I thought — right, that’s when

I came across an old folder on my hard drive today, simply labeled: