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05
Aug

The Family Photo that Hung in My Grandmother’s Living Room During My Childhood

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My Dad with his big sister and little brother in a garden in the village in Sweden where they grew up in the 1920s. This photograph hung in my Grandmother’s living room during my childhood. My Grandfather was one of the first in the village to buy a camera. We still have Grandpa’s camera, a […]

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02
Aug

Family Photos Open Doors into the Past

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“Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.” –Sally Mann With two older sisters and one younger brother, I grew up in a hell household where women had no value. This is a photograph of my sister Debra taken in Cuyama, Ca. She was with friends in the […]

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01
Aug

A Family Photo Treasure Hunt and An Elegant Portrait of my Grandmother

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Today’s the day! Gather your magical old family photos and share them with the hashtag and you might win an archival print on metal. (Details below.) This is a photo of Mona, my grandma, taken somewhere around 1952 when she was 19 or 20 years old. As it turns out, she hated this photo and […]

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