When This You See, Remember Me Introduction



		"He couldn't go. The tenderness was out of control. As was the longing for everyone to be living. And to have it all over again." "Everyman" - Philip Roth
	Last year a friend, who had written a history of his family, suggested I do the same. I was unable to write anything, although I felt I wanted to, being the last repository of memory of the lives of those who brought me here. Instead I made a small collection of family photos, which I called "Tenderness", taking the word from the Philip Roth quote, where the character is, in fact, standing at the graves of his parents. I wanted to put some of the photos on my website, choosing images that I think have a certain mystery and power beyond their sentimental personal meaning. Susan Sontag taught me the importance that the passage of time confers on photographs, and I have included some quotes from her with some of the photos. -Michael Maggid, Petaluma, December, 2007