Ben Feibleman on the story underneath a well-tailored suit. Read the story: https://medium.com/@benfeibleman/the-gangster-in-the-blue-serge-suit-801da4f616be

Who are you trying to fool?

Diego Courchay tells the story behind the photos of his father. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/fragments-from-my-father-42d2ec51f99a

Does anyone else care?

Elise Hansen explains who the man in this blurry photo is and why he haunts her family. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/path-of-a-bullet-8c8089498dbb

Can we move on?

E.K. Hudson tells the story of the boy who's been hanging over her since the day she was born. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/seventeen-forever-bc97e791d20c

Who is that boy?

Fernanda Uriegas tells the story of what happened to the happy family pictured on a Cuban beach. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/the-exiles-6b12587c39a7

Wouldn't it be nice?

Francine Parham tells the story of facing an unlikely disciplinarian. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/disobedient-cdbea8348de0

What is that?

Kate Cough tells the story of how a photo of a dead man she never met became part of a personal ritual. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/journey-as-a-way-of-life-4a11981e8b92

Why can't I leave you?

Michelle Gao tells the story of a place she cannot forget. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/where-he-lived-where-he-died-76e5af606e71

How did this happen?

Patrick Martin tells the story of the rise and fall of a Memphis karate school. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/dojo-rats-573c386675e5

Who's in charge here?

Sarah Dadouch tells the story behind a winter wonderland she can never return to. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/rooms-with-a-view-f4a82613c22d

Can I go back?

Sweenie Saint-Vil tells the story of how a carefree photo ended the darkness. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/purpose-180f3a0ebc46

You didn't know?

Tori Otten on the beautiful stranger her family loves but won't talk about it. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/that-young-man-4fb89cbf53b2

Have we met?

Tony Lin tells the story of his grandparents' secret. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/the-girl-who-would-be-a-scholar-1d9b2c611ed7

The age of innocence?

Francesca Carter tells the story of a happy girl who just failed a grade. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/word-blind-460e126acd81

What's behind that smile?

Elettra Pauletto tells the story of why, for one year, everyone seemed to be scowling at her. Read the story: https://medium.com/memory-project/the-year-of-living-almost-dangerously-1704b742d1f

What are you looking at?

We began with 15 photos, 15 questions and 15 memories; it ended with 15 true stories. Listen to discover 15 writers and the stories we'll never forget.

The Memory Project is a narrative storytelling experiment from Zetz Publishing, an affiliate of Columbia Journalism School.

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