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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Losing Grandma to the recesses

My almost 92 year old Grandmother is slowly losing her memory. As she described what it felt like to not know the word or story she was looking for, she talked about vacant hallways and bunkers in her mind leading me to render this composition.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Cincinnati Ohio, San Francisco, Oakley CA, Ohio, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D7100
Copyright: © Abby O'Rourke