How we photographed Lithuanians' passion for democracy
<p>This week’s top photo comes from photojournalist and Photo Desk Editor <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/ashlee-rezin" target="_blank" >Ashlee Rezin</a>. Follow her on <a class="Link" href="https://x.com/Ashlee_Rezin" target="_blank" >X</a> and <a class="Link" href="https://www.instagram.com/ashleerezin/" target="_blank" >Instagram</a>.</p><h3>What makes this photo important?</h3><p>About 60,000 Lithuanian Americans live in the Chicago area, and my colleague Stephanie Zimmermann's late mother was one of them.
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<p>This week’s top photo comes from photojournalist and Photo Desk Editor <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/ashlee-rezin" target="_blank" >Ashlee Rezin</a>. Follow her on <a class="Link" href="https://x.com/Ashlee_Rezin" target="_blank" >X</a> and <a class="Link" href="https://www.instagram.com/ashleerezin/" target="_blank" >Instagram</a>.</p><h3>What makes this photo important?</h3><p>About 60,000 Lithuanian Americans live in the Chicago area, and my colleague Stephanie Zimmermann's late mother was one of them. She fled as a child when the Soviet reoccupation began in 1944. When Stephanie first approached me about traveling to Lithuania, to eventually produce six stories, my knee-jerk response was, "Why?" But Stephanie's enthusiasm is infectious, and I soon also fell in love with the small Baltic country with deep roots in Chicago.
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- <p>This week’s top photo comes from photojournalist and Photo Desk Editor <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/ashlee-rezin" target="_blank" >Ashlee Rezin</a>. Follow her on <a class="Link" href="https://x.com/Ashlee_Rezin" target="_blank" >X</a> and <a class="Link" href="https://www.instagram.com/ashleerezin/" target="_blank" >Instagram</a>.</p><h3>What makes this photo important?</h3><p>About 60,000 Lithuanian Americans live in the Chicago area, and my colleague Stephanie Zimmermann's late mother was one of them.
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How we photographed Lithuanians' passion for democracy
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