Tag Archive: David Hoffman

Are your photos safe at home? How to protect precious memories in a disaster

When asked what they would grab on their way out the door in an emergency (assuming that all family members were safely out), many people say they’d take their photographs. But what if you’re not at home when the fire, flood, or other disaster strikes? Now it’s easier than ever to protect those cherished photos….

Wiped clean by fire – David Hoffman at TED

Nine days before the start of the TED2008 conference, documentary filmmaker David Hoffman’s hilltop home in the Santa Cruz Mountains was destroyed by fire. The fire took 30 years worth of books, photos, and many of his original  films. [ted id=282] Ten months after the fire, Hoffman checked in with well-wishers on the TED site…