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Celebrating the power of printed photos to capture, preserve and transform important life moments.
When Latrell was a child, he didn't have much, moving from foster home to foster home with little more than a pile of clothes. When he was 12 years old, he was adopted by Kelly Higgins, and became a part of a large, loving family. But one thing was still missing. A special photograph that said, “Welcome to our family.”
2022 | 6 minutes
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“A printed photograph is an object and we make space for it in our life. We put it on the wall or desk and it takes up literal and metaphoric space in our brain and in our heart.” Bill Shapiro, author, What We Keep
Bill Shapiro, author, What We Keep
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