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30
Jun

A World War II Tale Told in my Nana and Grandad’s Wedding Portrait

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I love my nana and grandad’s wedding portrait. My grandparents, Dave Frank and Florrie Pennock, grew up in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom and met when they were just eight years old. Granddad served in World War II and was named after his uncle, who was killed in World War I. Granddad often said that we could […]

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28
Jun

How Family Photos Can Help you Build a Lasting Legacy

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Do you have a legacy? Take a moment to think it through. Is there a chance the answer is ‘NO?’ Have you considered how family photos can help you build a lasting legacy? I have. In fact, it’s something I think about a lot. There’s a generation growing up that has been photographed more than any other generation […]

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27
Jun

My Family Photographs trigger memories and help me heal

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The power of photography to trigger memories and help us heal is truly remarkable. Dad behind the wheel of that cream station wagon he loved so much! Family vacation, circa 1978. Boston to Florida. Dad thought driving on the beach was something we had to do. He said, “Lu, you can’t do this on The […]

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26
Jun

Rediscovering Analog Family Photos is Magical

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“Memory believes before knowing remembers.” William Faulkner On a recent visit back home, I went through a bunch of my Fathers’s old slides. This photo is one of many he took while I was growing up, but haven’t seen the light of day in many years. It has been wonderful to rediscover them. This shot […]

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24
Jun

My Mother’s Mountain Top Wedding Photograph

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This photo of my mom was taken on her wedding day in 1979, at her sister and husband’s home, on a mountain top. I love so many of my parent’s wedding photos, but my mom’s portraits, particularly this one, really stand out. I love how she is surrounded by nature, I love the elegant way […]

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23
Jun

Strength, Wisdom and Love are Revealed in a Simple Old Photo

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My grandparents in the late 1940s in Michigan, where my grandfather grew up. They had just recently gotten engaged and my grandma was meeting my grandpa’s parents for the first time! She came to New York from Russia; he was a Lieutenant in the US Navy. My grandma was working at Bloomingdales in Manhattan when […]

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21
Jun

Family Photos are among the greatest gifts we can give our children

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Here’s to dads. Here’s to the patriarchs who helped us start our stories. Here’s to the father-figures who inspired us to keep writing our life stories, one step at a time. In honor of father-figures everywhere, we’re celebrating dads all week. My remarkable father, who I miss every day, would have turned 100 this summer. […]

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17
Jun

Lessons I Learned from Tragically Losing my Family Photo Album

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Photographs are keys to unlocking family history. They enable us to marvel at strong family resemblances and they remind us to laugh when we see ancestors making silly faces (selfies aren’t a new trend). For me, one particular photo opened the door to my career passion. It’s a picture of me at age three, wearing a dirty lifejacket on a boat ride. I laugh every time I […]

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17
Jun

Who Else Thinks Family Photos are about more than moments?

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Photographs mark significant moments in our life, our family and our history. But the power of photos goes beyond capturing moments; photos have the power to evoke emotions. Our family photos prompt memories and catalyze conversations. Even when a snapshot seems mundane and casual, it can be beautiful and significant. Each of our family photos, no matter how imperfect, evoke emotions that resonate […]

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14
Jun

The Past Inspires the Present: Why Old Photographs Teach us to be better storytellers

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Last Thanksgiving, my partner Jack and I sat at his grandparents’ dining room table and stared out at a sea of strangers. These strangers were not our dinner guests; they were the fading and crinkled faces on hundreds of old photographs spread over the table. They poured out of shoeboxes and albums, across a plastic plaid […]

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