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Here's to family traditions that start after the dishes are done
Inside Street Photography |
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| Friday, 28 Nov 2025 | Reading time: 3 mins | Read online
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There is a time after family dinners that I especially like - the unspoken consensus that dinner is over.
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Hands begin whisking away dinner dishes and the large plates of remaining food. Suddenly wiped clean, the table now holds one bowl of nuts and another of fruit. Coffee cups and saucers begin to take their places beside a large pot of hot coffee, joined by a pitcher or container of milk or half and half.
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Some of my uncles stand and loosen their belts after eating and move to a nearby couch. They return to the table for dessert and coffee.
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Stories are told and retold, sometimes with disputed revisions, before a deck of playing cards appears, and an evening of low stakes poker playing begins.
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My parents, aunts and uncles were serious about playing, and the games went on for hours. Eventually my cousin Joe, my brother Robert and I were allowed to join in.
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Except for Joe and Robert, all these players are gone now. I will miss them at Thanksgiving.
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| Kitty and Nicky |
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| Kitty waving |
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| Dad, Mom, Angie, Dom |
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| Crowded table, 40th Street |
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| Dad, Rob, Anna, Joe |
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| Ronnie |
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| Starring Laura |
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| Lucky on the couch |
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| Ski singing |
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| Mom dealing |
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| Robert dealing |
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| Kitty shuffling |
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| Larry’s portrait by Anna Delaney |
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When I returned to South Brooklyn in 1970 after two years in California as a VISTA Volunteer, I was 22 years old with no plans and a $30 camera I barely knew how to use. I took a course at the School of Visual Arts, a job with the telephone company and began to photograph my family and friends. Things worked out better than I could have expected. I’ve been making photographs for over 50 years, and have some things I’d like to share.
Check out my book, Here Down on Dark Earth, here.
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Readers can respond directly to me – larryracioppo@gmail.com.
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