I don't know if I'd wear it out.

No.

I think when we sort of look at these things with our own values and our own perspectives, things get a bit twisted.

[gentle music] In the past, before photography, you didn't have a memento of your loved one, and even the very early stages of photography, it was still a single unique image that photography created.

It was still an expensive process and not easily available to people.

And so if someone went away or if they moved or if they died-

All you had was something that had belonged to them.

And of course, one of the most intimate things that belonged to a person that can be preserved perpetually is a lock of hair.