To love them is a genuine feeling but, also, a socially determined behavior 12 . Those photos are, at the same time, signs of success and responsibility, besides accounting to the social mandate of paternal love. The quantity of photographs taken of children declines rapidly when they approach adolescence. Perhaps because they start to resist their status as precious objects, perhaps because their participation in family life dwindles as the young open up spaces for their own relationships, slowly separating themselves from the family. VII Bourdieu said that family photography transforms the good moments into good memories 13 .
Smiles appear in front of the lens.
The euphoria of parties, in the place indicated by the video reflectors. But in the picture's frame, the body and the expression are no more than significant. The family photo does not have any documentary obligation. Its contract is not with the search for truth but with the desire to have an always-smiling family, free from pain and problems. The family album is a mirror that reflects a tranquilizing, edifying and decorous image 14 .