Family photos - why?

What is the reason to have your family portrait taken? Onni Peltola's reason was he and his wife having been married for 40 years, can you believe. Markku Mikkola's family was documented because they're a missionary family going back to Bangkok Thailand after a few years in Finland. The unbelievable thing about families is creating the suitable form for the group, something that has rythm in it. Also distances look so much wider in photos than in reality, you have to hug your family tight