Exhumed: Experiments in Memory

Every photograph is a frozen moment, a story waiting to be told. A wedding photograph of a secret marriage. A dapper man who may be a lost relative. Three women covered in funeral shrouds. A brother. A father. A sonogram. These are six of the seventeen that comprise an album of photographs and their stories - nonfiction short stories found and told by a group of Columbia Journalism students. Perhaps in discovering these stories you may set off to find your own photographs, and with them, the stories they tell.

Jelani Cobb, Dean, Columbia Journalism School:

“By turns dazzling, profound and indelible, Exhumed is a brilliant survey of emerging voices – a reference point for writers whose work you will surely follow from here.”

Riya Goel, author, The Gen-Z Book:

“Exhumed is a celebration of individuality, community, and the beauty of diverse perspectives, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the power of photography and the richness of human stories.”

Jonathan Weiner, Pulitzer Prize winning author:

“The Memory Project delivers the essence of what we want from stories. Again and again we join a writer on a quest – and the urgency of the journey pulls us right along from the first line to the last.”

Authors: Paige Bruton, Maria Sole Campinoti, Hongyu (Nancy) Chen, Isabella Anahí García-Méndez, Giuseppe (Gigi) Rajkumar Guerandi, McKenna Leavens, Jiayu Liang, Alessia Alessandra Ling de Borbon, Maria Mantas, Nikaline McCarley, Averee Nelson, Andrea Quezada, Emma Rose, Langchen Sun, Ragnhildur Thrastardottir, Mansi Vithlani, Luwa (Elena) Yin