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Florida Rising: My Fort Myers Childhood Story
We are gearing up for our upcoming production of Family Pictures USA in Southwest Florida, where we will be exploring the families and community through their photographs and family albums […]
Mother, Bethel, Harlem, USA: An Interactive Celebration of Harlem
Mother, Bethel, Harlem, USA, a multimedia exhibition produced from an innovative in-gallery summer course led by artist and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris in the Hunter East Harlem Gallery, opened August […]
Queerifying Family Narratives with Vivek Shraya
“Maybe I will define family by what I believe it’s not. I don’t think that family is conditional to being related by blood. I don’t think family needs to be […]
First Flight: My Philadelphia Story
Family Pictures USA was invited by the African American Museum in Philadelphia for their monthly Macy’s Family Fun Day to host a full day of photo-sharing sessions with the community. […]
Transforming the Family Album at Detroit’s 2018 AMC
Every year, thousands of media-makers, organizers, and agents for social change converge in Detroit for the Allied Media Conference (AMC): a 4-day, volunteer-coordinated conference that hosts hundreds of sessions focused […]
From These Roots: A Journey from Poverty in 1930s Philadelphia to Civil Rights Legacy in 1960s Los Angeles
In honor of Black History Month, Family Pictures USA remembers those who fought for the civil liberties of a people who were denied and mistreated for so long. We are […]
From Durham to Oakland: Stories of Community
“I am a person driven by an individual’s story and the stories of community. I use it in my own work by always reminding myself that we all have our […]
Digital Diaspora Family Roadshow Heads to CAAMFest!
LIMITED NUMBER OF COMP TICKETS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE AVAILABLE! EMAIL INFO@FAMILYPICTURESUSA.COM AND WE’LL ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR LIST. The soon-to-be National Public Television series explores history through the […]
30,000 Hidden Images Reveal the World of a Soviet-Era Photographer
30,000 Hidden Images Reveal the World of a Soviet-Era Photographer by Anuka Burgess, April 02, 2018 Masha Ivashintsova was born in Russia, in 1942. At 18 she started taking photographs, and […]