Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedIt all started with a photograph.Actually, sixteen. A little girl in a Paris portrait studio in 1944. Two old women at a birthday party. Hanoi in 1954. A man at sea. A boy…Apr 25, 2018Apr 25, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedPragya KrishnaMy parents’ marriage is so weird that I still kind of look at it and go, “huh?” They say it’s a product of time and circumstance, which…Apr 25, 2018Apr 25, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedKelsie BlazierI’ve come to look at perfection as an infection, a hereditary condition that’s found its way from my mother’s genes to mine. I am not…Apr 25, 2018Apr 25, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedMomo HuEvery time Dad came home, the place was different. The studio where we lived on the second floor of an old building felt even tinier…Apr 25, 2018Apr 25, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedJack KnychWhen Tino DeAngelis died, my grandmother called my mother and mentioned his death, and that there wasn’t a funeral or a wake for him. My…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedChloe PicchioMy grandfather wanted to be a soldier but he was too young so his brother Peter helped him. Peter took his birth certificate and smudged…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedDeanna HirschIf her mother hadn’t died when she was six, the family would have stayed in Paris. She would have been raised a proper French girl and…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedBianca HeywardMemory is an act of perception, but when summoned, my memory provides bullshit. I was eight when this photograph was taken, and all I…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Zein JardanehinNot Who I PicturedWill McCollister“Faye,” my Aunt Kathy called out to my mother as we sifted through the boxes of photos in my recently deceased grandmother’s spare bedroom…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Zein JardanehKelsie BlazierI’ve come to look at perfection as an infection, a hereditary condition that’s found its way from my mother’s genes to mine. I am not…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018