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When I look back at all my family photo albums, there is not a single image I find with my grandparents. There are images with mom, dad, my brother... even with my dog and a stray cat whom we had adopted... but seriously none with my grandpa and grandma. And those were the two people I loved the most... I still do, even after they are long gone.

And so, I have sworn that whichever part of the world I will travel to now... I will make sure to photograph a grandparent or great grandparent with their grandchild... for how often really do we get our grandparents into the frame?!

And not only has this project helped me rebuild memories of my childhood in a way... meeting and interacting with all the elderlies has really taught me so much about life.

I hope you like some of these images that I share here.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if they are great-grandparents or just got kids at high age. All seems so old, most of the grandparents to toddlers I see is in their 50s or so.

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Erin
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's certainly not as uncommon as it may seem, my parents had me at a lot later age (I'm 17, mom is 51) and my living grandparent is in his mid 80's.

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Eileen Elertson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is beautiful!! Perhaps a great grandma. Lifes' beginnings and near endings. Love this.....

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ember avery
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love how she's so happy, the baby and the elderly woman

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Just saying
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a grandmother of 6 and I am only 50ish. I do not look like this.. I hope there are better pictures representing nanas like me.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agree. These have to be Great-Grandies, I had my daughter at 39 and even my folks at late 60s arent this old!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am 60 next month. My boys are 17 and 20. Gladly right now no babies in sight right now

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Twofeathers Garcia
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just can wait tell I'm a grand-grandma and have pic of me a the little one what a wonderful blessing that will be .

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a Great Gram of 71, a Gram at 45, so I would say Great, Great as my Mom of 91.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this one best, the love between grandparents and their grandchildren is extra special

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Kathy Klay
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are the greats . . . Called so because they are in more than one way.

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Ginger Ramirez
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This how every single grand parents feels when we talk in love with our grand babies.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sweet and a precious moment. - but sad what life and sunshine does to the skin.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At first I looked at the picture and thought, Wait what? Why is the baby’s legs so weird??? Then I looked again 😂

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also very impressed with Granma's jacket. That is some great knitting.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my lord I remember those days. Hated it then, remember the moments fondly now.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a great grandma, I am not in many pictures, as I am the one with the camera, always !!!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As my great grandson, was about one and a half, I took him outside often, wanted him to start learning about nature, I gave him a tiny flower to hold, told him it was a pretty flower, a leaf , or a pebble, it was such a joy, I was Blesses !!!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much going on in this one. It's definitely arty, but the composition is wonderful.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear lord, "I'ld give what ever life is left in me to this child if it would make her life safer."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The colours, chairs, paintings. The couple reading and knitting and talking. Beautiful.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do wish the photo editing hadn't smoothed out Grandma's hair into a soft blur and added lip gloss to the baby. That aside, it's a sweet picture.

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