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 […]
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Telling Our Stories: Photographers of Spirit of Community with Thomas Allen Harris
Behind each family picture, there is a story — a story that is representative of the communities that each picture comes from. On Sunday January 21, 2018, join NAACP Image […]
Memoirs of a Father with Philip Rosenbaum
“Producing a five minute video about my father and how he survived the Holocaust was an experience I will forever cherish. The idea came to me on the first day […]
DDFR Heads Everyday Archives Workshop
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) held the first afternoon workshop of the year “Everyday Archives: Building Your Personal Photography Archives“ at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The […]
Everyday Archives Workshop at Schomburg Center
Have an old family album or archives that you would like to organize? Or an amazing story to tell about a family photo? Join us this Saturday 9/24 for a […]
A Puerto Rican Story as Seen Through The Family Photo Album & Archive
Thomas Allen Harris‘s mentee, Cecilia Aldarondo made a film, Memories of a Penitent Heart about her uncle Miguel. Her film will be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. “I would […]
Help! Who Are These Women?
At 1World1Family, we get requests. Below is the latest one to cross our desk. We are sharing it with you, our Digital Diaspora Family Reunion family, to see if […]
Down by the Riverside – A Poem by Kezia Roberts with Photography by Ocean Morisset
Introduction by Thomas Allen Harris: Last month I was invited to participate in a panel exploring the intersection of Diaspora with contemporary art practice. The panel included presentations by Canadian […]
Elaine’s Precious Photos
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion was gifted a remarkable photo album from Myrla, which she received from her mother in law, Elaine R. Howell-Meade (1922-1998). Myrla’s father and Elaine knew […]
Lost and Found Memories
The times when families and friends kept physical photo albums to store their memories are slowly fading. Though there’s a convenience to instantly posting your beach day online […]