Memories Old and New is pleased to announce

the premier exhibition of a new series from

American photographer Annie DeCesare. Ms.
DeCesare’s photographs in this series were
inspired by her own family’s experience with
the decline of heavy industry
in her hometown.

Her family had worked the local mines and chemical

plants for three generations before automation and
changes in American life forced the industry elsewhere.
With the local industry went the source of income for
thousands of families, but Ms. DeCesare found beauty
and an emotional story in the equipment left behind.

“Annie decesare finds beauty where no one else thinks

to look”
Chicago Arts Review