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by dmitriybabichenko

My Grandmother

I rarely post anything personal on social media, but I think that this time I will break my own rule. My grandmother Olga passed away last week at the age of almost 103. She would have turned 103 on July 15, 2024. She was an absolutely amazing woman, fiercely independent. She survived the Holocaust, World War II, evacuation to Vorkuta, and all the hardships that the USSR threw at her and her family. I’ve been scouring my photo archive for photographs of my grandmother. This short series is from August of 2018 – she was playing cards with my daughter Daniella.

by dmitriybabichenko

Goree Island, Senegal

“The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, its architecture is characterized by the contrast between the grim slave-quarters and the elegant houses of the slave traders. Today it continues to serve as a reminder of human exploitation and as a sanctuary for reconciliation.” https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/26/