Echoes from the Ashes: A Voice Remains
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
—George Santayana

Echoes from the Ashes: A Voice Remains is a traveling photojournalism exhibition dedicated to preserving memory, confronting atrocity, and amplifying the enduring human voice that survives even in the darkest chapters of history.
Created from images captured at former concentration camps, Hartheim Castle, and the remnants of Jewish Ghettos, the exhibit offers a visual and narrative journey through sites where lives were shattered—and where Jewish communities and other persecuted groups endured unimaginable suffering. These locations, often quiet and still today, speak with a powerful resonance that cannot be ignored.
Each photograph is paired with two layers of storytelling:
Historical narrative that grounds the viewer in factual context, and Exhibitor perspective that reflects on the emotional and ethical weight of these places.
Together, they form a deeply human encounter with memory, loss, resilience, and responsibility.
Home Page Photograph: Pyramid of Ashes
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
© 2025 Craig S. Collins