{"id":723,"date":"2025-02-10T12:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/reframingphotography\/?post_type=content&p=723"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:47:16","slug":"loletta-parker","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/reframingphotography\/resources\/rp-exhibitions\/the-story-of-your-life-in-detroit\/loletta-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"Loletta Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Through drawings and photography, Loletta Parker<\/strong> reflects on the importance of her relationships, past and present, and keeping her family and friends at the center of her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loletta Parker.<\/strong>\u00a0This is my Mama and me before church. She\u2019s not my real Mama, but I call her my Mama because we\u2019re so close.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker.<\/strong>\u00a0This is my real Mama and the woman I call my Mama together.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0This is my sister Ashley and my Cousin Nia. They are at my house all the time so I see them everyday. My house is the place where my whole family gathers. They live in different neighborhoods all over Detroit.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0This is my brother Twan with his computer doing his school work. I wanted to take his photo because I never see him doing his school work. He does well in school, but likes to party a lot, so I wanted to catch him working on homework.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0This is a t-shirt we had made in loving memory of my grandmother a year after she died. My grandmother raised me, so we were very close. She was from down south but moved here with my Grandfather when they got married.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0I make a lot of drawings and write poetry and put them up in my room. I made this one last year for Damien Henderson. We were in a relationship, but now we\u2019re best friends.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0This is a photo of poems I write about relationships. “Embrace, Whole, Love, Keep”, \u201cI\u2019m in Love\u201d, and \u201cJust a Simple Conversation\u201d.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cWish Upon a Star\u201d is a poem I wrote about not giving up on your dreams in life.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0This is a drawing I made for my best friend. It\u2019s a Skittles thing. There\u2019s a rainbow and skittles falling from that tree.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loletta Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0These are all symbols from the bible. A heart and the dove, the cross, and a protective shield.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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