There are so many reasons to save and share your home movies. They are a record of our unique and common histories captured in motion. They can also be used […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Asian American Voices of the South
“The Family Pictures kickoff activity was a fab ice breaker and I saw my fellow table mates and the people in the room with compassion, love, and humanity that we are […]
Just Beyond the River: A Folktale Exhibition
Just Beyond the River features selections from Daesha Devón Harris’ series of mixed media pieces, made using a personal collection of unidentified, discarded Victorian-era portraits. In production over multiple years, throughout […]
Art & Incarceration: A Panel Discussion
Most prisons and jails across the United States do not allow prisoners to have access to cameras. At a moment when 2.2 million people are incarcerated in the US, 3.8 […]
Re-Imagining the Family Album at Hunter College!
These are my student’s testimonies from two-day seminar, Re-Imagining the Family Album with me at Hunter College’s Integrated Media Arts Program for the Masters in Fine Arts students. ……………………………………………….. “As I […]