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I once spent six hours removing 1,247 dust specks from a Kodachrome slide my father shot in 1966. No one asked me to. My mother cried when she saw the print. She didn’t know why. That was enough.

If you’ve ever removed dust by hand, named a file like a prayer, or wondered what “auto” forgets — this book might speak to you. It’s available now in beta form. I welcome echoes.

‘Original Copy” is my response to that question — a book about memory, transmission, and the ethics of touch in the age of AI.It’s not a manual. It’s a meditation. From darkroom trays to Photoshop layers, from family archives to forgotten American boxes, it traces the lineage of copying as ritual, not convenience.

The beta version is live. I don’t know if it will resonate. But if you believe restoration is retrieval — not invention — I invite you to read, reflect, and respond.

If you’ve ever rescued a memory, retouched a moment, or wondered what survives in the margins — this book is for you.