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Lois Lowry and Jeff Bridges discuss “The Giver” at the meetings of the American Library Association in Las Vegas. Lois Lowry describes herself as having an eidetic imagination, and she once told me that, had she been born 25 years later, she would have become a filmmaker.  The photograph as memory trigger and madeleine would make a great term paper (JK).  Lowry’s writing moves in a cinematic mode. “In my writing I focus lenses,” she tells us, and suddenly we have a mental image.  

Lowry, the experience of memory is strongly associated with photographs. She described looking at a black and white photo from her childhood and recalled how it instantly triggered memories of that time – even the smallest details, such as the color and texture of her socks. Photography also influences Lowry’s work as a writer. “In my writing I focus lenses,” she explained. “I’m almost always seeing when I am writing.” Bridges described a similar experience when he first encountered Lowry’s book 20 years ago. He initially was drawn to the book because the photo on the cover, which was taken by Lowry, reminded him of his father (actor Lloyd Bridges)