A picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes they should be because certain pictures can leave you speechless. I have often thought that if my house were burning down and I could only grab a few things as I ran out the door, I would bypass the jewelry, the clothes, and any furniture. I would take some pictures because pictures matter to me. And they matter to us all.

We’ve now entered what might be called “The age of the snapshot.” 82% of Americans say they take pictures with their cell phones, up from a previous record high of 76% in 2010. Twitter profiles are now filled with snapshots, Facebook pages are riddled with them, and there’s even an entire app called “Instagram” devoted to them. On Instagram alone, 130 million monthly active users share 45 million snapshots per day. Never be…