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Today marks one year since we lost my Dad.   He was undeniably cool, generous, talented, and one of the most fun people to be around. He was also humble. Incredibly humble. An Irishman through and through.   He was the funniest guy in the room without trying to be. He didn't have to try. He just was.   He was a father figure in many ways to many people over the years, but I always felt like the lucky one. I got to call him Dad. The best Girl Dad there ever was.   His belief in me held me steady through the shakiest times. His humor and playfulness made me feel free and brave — full of wonder, even when things were hard. His integrity was simple and unshakable: he never judged anyone by their worst moment.   My Dad was quiet and proud. He built friendships that lasted over 50 years, and put the work in to keep them. He taught me to look for people I could admire for who they were, not what they had or where they came from. He could spot fakeness a mile away, and did so often.   He treated my mother with love and respect. I never once heard him raise his voice at her in anger. Or at me, for that matter. We were cherished. In 11 years of illness, she never left his side. She is my superhero.   Pat Higgins was, indeed, a wonderful man. A wonderful father, husband, friend, uncle, athlete, coach, teacher and human being. If you're looking to feel close to him or honor him, you can do so by showing up for the people you love and treating one another with patience, dignity, humor and curiosity. That was his way. His strength of character is his legacy.   He will always be with me and I'm very open to talking about him. I know he meant a lot to a lot of people, and to each person, whether we’ve met or not, I thank you. Please keep telling me old stories about how cool he was. Every one has been a joy.   Love you, Daddio. Rest well. 💚 Images shot on 120mm with Bronica Zenza Sq. on various film stocks throughout his last year of life. (Besides the selfie and throwback)
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My Dear 🖤😘
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A very hearty THANK YOU to all who came through our little Open Studio event! All images shot with Bronica Sq. Medium Format on @kodak Gold 200. Developed and scanned by @bellowsfilmlab Lighting was one @profoto L600C continuous light with large deep white umbrella + diffusion at a 40 degree angle left of camera. Backdrop by @backdropsbyethanalex with @traderjoes flowers bought that morning and lovingly installed by my husband @gpietrash ❤️ Where should the next film pop-up be?? #shootmorefilm
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I LOVE CHICAGO!!!!
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Spring Ektar Collage 1/2. Shot on two different rolls of expired film ✌️😘
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This right here is Sister Maureen Lally, a powerful community leader and absolute ray of sunshine. Fifteen years ago, I studied abroad in Ireland. The small, rural community I worked in changed me and stayed with me. For years, I joked that if my career ever took a nosedive I could just move back there and be happy. So when the idea of a spontaneous honeymoon came about, it was my first instinct to take my husband back to the place that had meant so much to me: County Mayo, Ireland. When we landed in the country, my anxieties settled in. Obviously, nothing is as magical at 35 as it was at 19. Obviously, no one would remember me. Obviously, we were just a couple more dumb Americans stomping through a beautiful, untouched land. But none of that happened. What did was truly magical. An early stop in Mayo was Ballintubber Abbey, a beautiful church that recently celebrated its 800th anniversary. I asked the very first person I met there, Mary, if she knew anything of Sister Maureen. Maureen was in her mid-seventies when I knew her 15 years ago, and my attempts to get in touch with her ahead of the trip had failed, so I’d guessed it was a long shot. The best I had hoped for was that she was alive and that we could maybe have tea and catch up. Instead, Mary lit up, got on the phone with Sr. Maureen, and we picked up a lively conversation like no time had passed. She insisted on meeting Greg and I at the old community center because “there’s always work to be done.” There I learned that our study abroad program was helpful to this day: they still use the binders and journals of oral histories that we’d collected. More people from town came in to see us. I learned what they have been creating and working toward. It felt like home again. It was that much more special that I was able to experience it all with Greg by my side. I can’t say what’s next, but I will be back 🇮🇪😘 📷 : #CanonAE1 🎞️ : #Portra400
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Dana’s 40th Birthday Part IV, The Photo Booth 📸💛💖
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An affordable, plastic, purse-ready film camera that I really love is the Kodak Ektar H35 Half Frame. The developed images usually appear in twos, but for this last roll, the lab sent them to me individually. I could have re-paired them, but instead decided to keep my hands busy with some digital collage (my latest area of hyperfocus). So here are a few photos of my nearest and dearest throughout the month of December. Starting with my personal favorite portrait on the roll, 🎅🏼 Arunas at @LoganArcade. Then roughly collaged back into the order they were taken. Most times, the best camera for the job is the one you have on hand 😘 If you’ve made it this far, I owe you a beer! I’d also like to mention that this is #NotAnAd. I just really love this lil’ camera and also think it makes a great gift. 📸 : #KodakEktarH35 🎞️ : #IlfordDelta400, 35mm #FriendsOnFilm #shootmorefilm #35mmfilm #logansquarechicago #kodakektarh35 #ilforddelta400
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Happy to have another excuse to share a few of @eatpomegranate’s perfect photographs from our wedding day in my Auntie @ckl64’s backyard. There are so many more beautiful pictures that I am eager to share and I promise they’re coming (along with the second batch of very late and apologetic thank you’s). For now, the photos and moments have only been shared in person, and I’m ok with that ❤️
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A roll of film came in that I thought was lost. What a feeling ❤️ Still much more to post on the story of Balintubber Abbey and where it led us! 😘
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A vertical grid?! I raise you one photo of my husband in the rugged Irish west. Shot on phone
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Dana’s 40th Birthday, Part II, The Logan-ing (and pool party prep) 💛
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