Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I wehe atu ngā mātua Hurai o Avenaim i Ihipa, a, i haere ki Paris, ki Wīwī, i te wā o te raru o te Suez Canal
i te tekau tau atu i 1950, kātahi ka heke atu ki Te Hononga o Amerika i whānau ai ia. I a ia e taiohi ana, i whiwhi a Avenaim i tana kāmera tuatahi - he 35mm Exakta ā-ringa katoa i kawea mai e tona papa mai i Paris. I whakatipuhia ia ki Chicago, Illinois.