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Winner of the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Entertainment Feature

Helen M. Stummer (1936-2023) was an intrepid photographer who spent over 30 years documenting one of Newark’s toughest neighborhoods. Her memoir, Risking Life and Lens: A Photographic Memoir (2017) was published by Temple University Press.

Read more about Helen on our In Production blog.

Produced by Susan Wallner, Narrated by Dan Gordon, Videography by Joe Conlon.