One of the most classic children’s stories has been made into a live action film premiering this weekend: Cinderella. It is both intriguing to see it come to life and sad to challenge the original cartoon. In millions of minds, Cinderella will always be caricatured with her little woodland friends and magical pumpkin carriage racing the clock. Making her real may taint the nostalgia she conjures. Wistful affection for childhood is a hard subject to capture because we have such strong feelings toward it — good or bad, funny or heartfelt, personal or widely-relatable, the feeling is concrete and unchangeable. It’s hard to capture nostalgia because it is a distinct and significant feeling for all of us, but here are a few Zatista artist who’ve explored nostalgia in art.

Some of the most memory-conjuring things in our arsenal are childhood toys. Capturing her mother’s gift – a vintage Barbie Angel, Michele Morata dedicates this limited edition print to her mother, perhaps hoping to inspire comfort and joy in those who view it. Morata says, “My artistic hope is that this artwork brings uplifting nostalgia and fun.”

Sometimes the details are hazy, but the feeling is clear. In Federico Cortese’s “Xin As A child,” there’s a story behind the little boy in front of the school house we can’t see. Cortese explains that every family has their photographic memories stashed in albums, tacked under refrigerator magnets or tucked in cabinets somewhere. He says, “I like to think that the paper possesses its own selective memory, which unveils some elements of the image while hides or removes others, staining only parts of the scene, while the rest is left in the second floor, in black and white. Or, I like to think that the fading paper misses parts of that memory, and sometimes what remains seems not to be the most important thing.”

When things are changing around us, we can have the foresight to see what we will soon be nostalgic for. Joel Degrand noticed Pittsburgh changing around him and captured it in his Pittsburgh: A Look Back – Photographs from the 1980’s series. Degrand explains, “I came back to live in Pittsburgh in 1975. I could see the city was changing and evolving into what would ultimately be called a ‘Renaissance’, and I wanted to make a photographic document of this change.”

Cinderella can be as real as she wants, and hey, maybe the movie will be phenomenal. But a Disney classic like Cinderella will always be a hallmark of childhood. Break out the photo albums, home movies, and 3rd-grade art projects. Indulge in childhood memories and enjoy that nostalgic feeling as these artists have done.