NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery presents “Lori Grinker: Distant Relations,” an exhibition of 19 intimate color photographs. Taken in Lithuania (2002), South Africa (2005), Ukraine (2008), and the US (2011) the works create an impressionistic map of her family’s migration since its dispersal in the late 1800s from Western Lithuania. The exhibition will run from September 7 through October 15, 2011. Using medium format color film, Grinker chronicles her family’s diaspora with landscapes, portraiture, and interiors. Concentrating more on particular environments than people and practices, her landscapes and interiors focus on the atmosphere of the place. These fragmentary images stir the viewer’s memory and emotions and trigger wonder about our journey in life. Dr. Roy Richard Grinker, Lori’s cousin and a professor of Anthropology at The George Washington University, calls the