While these photographs depict everyday situations, they are in one sense unusual: Their subjects are black and counter mainstream media that typically depict African-American fatherhood as a wasteland of dysfunction and irresponsibility. These images appear in a groundbreaking new book, “Father Figure: Exploring Alternate Notions of Black Fatherhood” (Ceiba), by Zun Lee, a photographer and physician based in Toronto.
A reception and book signing to mark its release took place last September at the Bronx Documentary Center.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/black-fathers-present-and-accountable/?_php=true&_type=blogs∣=tw-nytimes&_r=0#/1/
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