A holiday in portraits.
Family Gathering
![Five boys and men playing pool.](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Matthew-Morrocco_Family-Gathering_1new.jpg)
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![Dinner table full of food and family clasping hands to say grace.](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Matthew-Morrocco_Family-Gathering_2new.jpg)
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![View of grace at the dinner table from the head of the table.](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Matthew-Morrocco_Family-Gathering_3new.jpg)
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![Large family gathered in a living room with a white-haired woman in a leather chair at the center of the frame.](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Matthew-Morrocco_Family-Gathering_4new.jpg)
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"My family’s Catholic roots have many permutations. Today, we mostly just celebrate the holidays without much regard for religion. Yet reverence for the “spirit”—whether it be God, the holiday itself, or simply the act of gathering—is ever-present among us."—Matthew Morrocco
Matthew Morrocco’s most recent honors include a nomination for “Artist Files,” a grant opportunity curated by Deborah Fisher and Kalia Brooks, and a showcase in an exhibition, “Working On It,” curated by Alex Ahn and Ari Lipkis at Temp Gallery in Tribeca.
For more information, visit www.cyrmorr.com.
Matthew Morrocco’s most recent honors include a nomination for “Artist Files,” a grant opportunity curated by Deborah Fisher and Kalia Brooks, and a showcase in an exhibition, “Working On It,” curated by Alex Ahn and Ari Lipkis at Temp Gallery in Tribeca.
For more information, visit www.cyrmorr.com.