This photo of me and my sister Masha was taken by my father, Eugene Kolomatsky, on Pidgeon Meadow Road, in Flushing, Queens, back during the Madmen years.

It was our childhood kitchen, in the house where I lived for over 20 years. It was tiny. These are probably the home’s original cabinets; they seem so classic. There was a very useful broom cabinet, on the left, that I’ve often wished for in my present kitchen.

I remember looking down at this bathing suit at Jones Beach as we played in the surf. It’s hard to imagine now that I was this young when I wore it. It was a favorite. Masha was probably setting up the shot or something.

Our father, who’s now 81, was (and is) an avid photographer. He told me that he’d vowed to himself to keep his Leica around his neck for ten years when we were kids. And he pretty much did it. His archive is deep and his eye is great, and I’ve told him how much I appreciate his gift of preserving and documenting our lives. ~shared by @kolomatsky & @fotogene32