“Ultimately I began to understand FATHERS in a different way. It began to feel like an archival project––the archiving of our humanity. Because when future generations or civilizations look back, if they look at ur media, our newspapers, what will they know of us? Will they know that we, black folk, black fathers in this case, lived and loved?”
— Robyn Price Pierre, editor of FATHERS
as told to The New York Times.
FATHERS, Volume 1 is a 423-page book featuring images from the personal archives of the men represented in its pages. Composed of photos taken primarily on their mobile phones, Fathers explores the complexity and beauty of their lives as seen through their own lens. It is a testament to the power of shaping one's own narrative—of being seen—despite invisibility in mainstream media and elsewhere.
FATHERS is a "collection of profound optimism. Defiance."
Introduction written by Jelani Cobb
423 pages; Soft Cover
“If the question is what fatherhood looks like today. Here is the answer. A book of images shot mostly with a telephone.
It is a project with intention.”
— GQ Italia
Jelani cobb.
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