This thesis examines the intergenerational differences in the creation, use, and perception of personal photographs and photo albums. The research of the thesis is based on an intergenerational perspective of photo albums, with an emphasis on the influence of social media and new technologies on the creation, use, and perception of photographs. The purpose of this research is to determine the influence of these new technologies on the changes in the perspectives and habits regarding the creation and use of personal photographs and photo albums in two age cohorts, that of university students and their parents, and to determine their key similarities and differences. Therefore, the aim of this research is to analyze the similarities and differences in the perception, creation, and use of classical photographs (analog and digitalized) and digital photographs between the parental cohort and the student cohort. The research was conducted by means of a survey, which was conducted on the online platform Survey Monkey. The sample consists of two data subject groups, university students and their parents. The survey was shared by means of an e-mail directory and through social media and was carried out in the same day, sequentially for every student-parent pair.