Written by Darriel McBride Growing up as a bi-racial woman, during the early 2000s to present, has come with its own set of challenges. Despite growing up in New York, […]
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A Story of Lives Intertwined
By Daniel Spector Photographs curated by Daniela Spector In 1976 my mom, Norma Spector, went to Vietnam as a member of an international women’s delegation at the invitation of the […]
Protected: Uprooted: Identity Theft and Self Preservation
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No Holiday is Complete Without a Side of Family Photographs
While you put the finishing touches on your Holiday menu, do not forget to tell your friends and relatives to bring some family photographs with their sweet potato casserole. Holidays […]
Finding Purpose In A Child’s Eyes: Reflecting On My Childhood Photo
Story Submitted by Coda Rayo-Garza This one picture of me as a child speaks volumes about who I am now and where I come from. It represents the fire that […]
Protected: Media Impact Forum Recap: 2021
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Learning to Love Family Photos
Phase 1: Anger Growing up, I avoided cameras and family photos like the plague. My house was littered with photo albums filled mostly with people I knew little about. Every […]
Protected: 1963: The Year That Was – 58 Years Later
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My Father’s Mother: Through Different Eyes
“Behind all your stories is your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.” -Mitch Albom Story submitted by Chrislyn Choo My dad is the jolliest, most generous man I […]
A Mad Dash to the Library: Researching Familial Connections
The story below has been shared with Family Pictures USA by Guenevere Crum. Her journey to find her family history led her through libraries, across the country, and over the […]
Daisy’s Memorable Quinceañera
By Daisy Abreu My family members and I posing for a Quinceañera picture What I remember most about my fifteenth birthday, mis quinces is that it was an extended family affair. […]
My Father’s Fifty Years in Photos
By Mary Geraci 50 years worth of my father’s photography. When my father passed away in 2008, I was left with an entire bookcase of slide boxes filled with fifty […]
How 100 Individuals Discovered They Were Family
by Julian Michelucci 80 members of the Lenci, Lotti and Michelucci family. The Lenci, Lotti, and Michelucci families immigrated from Lucca, Italy to Northern California in the late nineteenth century. […]
From These Roots: A Journey from Poverty in 1930s Philadelphia to Civil Rights Legacy in 1960s Los Angeles
The story below has been shared with Family Pictures USA by Bill Doggett about the path his parents took to resist the unjust practices of a pre-Civil Rights era America in southern California. […]
Family Pictures in Brazil
Thomas and Ana Flávia in front of the library on the Federal University of Brasilia Campus Last month I went to Brazil to keynote the opening of the “Plural Knowledge: […]
Growing up in the Ten Thousand Islands
By Barbara Tyner Hall Florida’s southwestern coast is made up of a group of mangrove keys known as the Ten Thousand Islands. Chokoloskee Island and Everglades City are located eighty […]
Giving Thanks For The Power of Community Kinship
Written by Darriel McBride With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it’s an opportunity for us to not only be thankful for the food we eat, but our families as we […]
One Man’s Impact on Four Generations
Written by Darriel McBride Every year, International Men’s Day is commemorated on November 19th to celebrate the positive that value men bring to the world, their families, and their communities. […]
NOTABLE VETERANS OF 2019
Written by Darriel McBride Today, according to the most recent statistics from the US Census, there are roughly 20.4 million veterans in the United States, yet among those who have […]
6 HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS FOR FAMILIES THIS SPOOKY SEASON
Written for Family Pictures USA by Darriel McBride Halloween is perhaps a child’s second favorite holiday next to Christmas. Although, some would argue that you can’t eat your toys, so […]
