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Perhaps it’s a high-resolution scan of a 1940s wedding photo, preserved via a digital archive.

If you find an "Odm_0095" in your own folders today, take a second to open it. If it’s worth keeping, give it a name that a human—not just a computer—can understand. Odm_0095.JPG

Because this filename is so specific yet anonymous, it invites us to imagine its contents: Perhaps it’s a high-resolution scan of a 1940s

The mystery of highlights a major issue in the digital age: digital decay . Without descriptive names or "metadata," our most precious photos become indistinguishable from junk files. Odm_0095.JPG