Keepsake
Vitaly had the Nobel Prize in physics on his mind
Before I created this legacy photomontage, Vitaly’s son Anatole shared the backstory behind his wonderful historical photographs: “In 1935 Vitaly was accepted to study chemistry More »
Nori the nanny brought Buddha to Chicago
Total images: 18 A brilliant blue sky knits together over two decades of memories in this memoryscape presented to the family nanny, Nori. A pensioner More »
Tolya’s avatar finds his mate in Berlin
Total images: 7 Computer scientist Tolya G is on vacation in Berlin, but his “Smart Dog” project is never far from his thoughts. Coincidentally, Berlin More »
‘Some day you will talk to anybody from wherever you want.’
Total images: 7 The war ended. Summer of 1945, Lyuba visited her father who was stationed in Silesia, and he was demobilized and they all More »
One stumble with nitro-glycerin, and it’s dasvidanya for Vitaly
Total images: 10 This laboratory scene was completely created from scratch; all I had was a head shot of the subject, Vitaly G. The lab More »
A baby activist and a mother dreaming of being a revolutionary
When Vitaly was about 4 years old, he disappeared. His mother Eva Ovseyvena could not find him anywhere. She raised a big panic and half More »
The funniest guy in the room is the Drummer
When the family patriarch remarried at 75, he added two more adult daughters to the mix, and two more grandsons to his “Praetorian Guard.” To More »
Mushrooms travel better on a photo purse
Say you’re a weekend photographer with a passion for nature shots. How much wall space is your significant other really going to let you have More »
A Chicago bubblebath with the neighbors
Total images: 7 This send-off gift from good Chicago neighbors to their friends relocating back to New Jersey was inspired by a bubble bath. JoAnn More »
Gayle’s boys playing in the world’s sandbox
On a recent family trip to Europe, Gayle’s sons had seen the gargoyles at Notre Dame; the Arc de Triumphe and the Eiffel Tower. They’d More »
Carolyn and Doug choose a bell over mistletoe
In this custom digital photo collage stitched together from various vacation photos, Carolyn is partial to green tea (albeit, the tea bag that hangs from More »
Baker & Dana Bike-crazy Honeymoon
Baker and Dana had just returned from a triumphant bike tour of northern Italy. Baker’s mother Pamela had all the secret codes to their vacation photos, More »
The All Stars under a softball moon
At her next softball reunion, Loretta wanted to surprise her All Stars with a photo gift keepsake that combined Then and Now. I grabbed the More »
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