these are some of my favorite photos of my mother and her parents.
my grandfather was based out of fort jackson for awhile, and in downtown columbia, south carolina, there was a photog on the street who took regular pictures of the passers-by to sell.
nana and mama were mostly here alone. papa was deployed.

but sometimes, papa was home too. and he looks so dashing, and everyone looks so happy.

but what i like most is that, really, they’re happy in both sets of pictures. they did good.