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Memories Unspoken: My Grandmother's Hidden Life as a Photographer

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August 5, 2014 at 4:00 AM

<i>Catching Morning Rays</i>, Brooklyn, c. 1953

<i>When we lived on Halsey St</i>., Brooklyn, c. 1950s

<i>Gatherings (Mary E. Lemons and Son)</i> South Carolina, c. 1956

<i>Mary Helen Priester and Mother</i>, c. 1940s — <i>Cousin Pookie</i>, c. 1960s — <i>With Love</i>, N.D.

<i>Mary E. Lemons and Garfield Lee</i>, c. 1957

<i>Sunday Portrait</i>, c. 1950s

<i>Junior Sanders, Brooklyn</i>, c. 1950s

<i>C.H</i>, N.D. — <i>Asbury Sanders Jr. with siblings Sammy Lee and <i>Arlene Outten</i>, c. 1950s — Graduation Day</i>, N.D.

<i>Unknown Couple, Brooklyn</i>, c. 1950s

<i>Lunch Break, New York</i>, c. 1960s

<i>Leroy Sanders and friend, Brooklyn</i>, c. 1950s

<i>Snapshot of Soldiers</i>, N.D. — <i>Asbury Sanders</i>, N.D. — <i>260 Ralph Avenue</i>, Brooklyn, N.D.

<i>Rent Party</i>, Brooklyn, N.D

<i>Rosa Lee Outten and friend</i>, c. 1951

<i>Mary E. Lemons at dinner party</i>, N.D.

<i>Graduation (Jamil Abdul-Azim)</i>, c. 1966 — <i>Pope's Studio, Brooklyn</i>, c. 1960s — <i>Defining Moments (Mae Priester)</i>, N.D.

<i>Women at a Cotillion</i>, c. N.D.

<i>Pledge of Allegiance</i>, N.D.

<i>Longevity</i>, N.D.

<i>Ethel</i>, N.D.

Artist Zalika Azim writes of the surprise she felt upon discovering that her own grandmother, who migrated from South Carolina to New York, was a life-long image-maker.

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