Echo

​The old photo equipment was a gem—and a steal. Setting up an old-school darkroom for his granddaughter was just the thing to connect with her. “She’s not broken,” he’d tell his son (her father), “She’s an artist. Such an eye, she has.” The estate sale marked the end of the line for the family some said had been oligarchs in the old country. He didn’t know about that. But one of them, at least, must have photographed for a living, or as a hobby, and they’d kept the old equipment clean. So it was a surprise when setting up, the girl found a negative left behind in the enlarger. But the bigger surprise was the subject—an echo from a very dangerous time…
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