Photographs used to be taken for the preservation of memory. When the technology became available for the average family, parents captured precious moments to be looked at years later with nostalgia. Baby books were filled with every important milestone in the life of a child, every year a school photograph would show the steady progression of years and newlyweds would spend a large portion of their budget on hiring a photographer to capture that special day.

Now digital cameras are available to everyone and photos seem to have lost some of their magic. Instead of waiting until a roll of film was developed and returned to see what moments were captured, we just delete the unflattering photos with the push of a button. With no limit of a roll of film, we aren't selective about what we photograph with a drunken evening somehow meriting over two hundred photos. Not that this isn't also a plus, it is less expensive not having to buy roll after roll of film and you only need to print whichever photos you like. But if we're taking pictures of every single moment of the night, how do we know which ones were worth remembering in the first place?

So, how do we revive this once meaningful ability to capture a moment in time?

The photobomb.

This method of "bombing" photos and hijacking the focus allows for some randomness and spontaneity to be found in photographs. Girls at a bar trying to find that perfect pose will flip through their photos the next day to find that someone has unexpectedly posed behind them.

Perhaps the existence of photobombs will teach people to be more selective and cautious with their cameras, or it will give people a bit more surprise the morning after when they upload their photos to Facebook. The photos also make for great entertainment along the same veins as People of Walmart and Fail Blog; one can gain internet notoriety for a particularly awesome bomb. But one things for sure, of all the photos taken in a night, a good photobomb will definitely be a keeper. Just ask Taylor Swift.

For some great bombs, check out This is Photobomb or this list of Celebrity Photobombs.

Photo via This is Photobomb

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