On View
Visual Arts Gallery
Exhibition
Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
Photograph by
Lee, Zun, Canadian, born 1969
Subject of
Garcia, Billy
Garcia, Esmeralda, American
Date
ca. 2012
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 6000 pixels × 4000 pixels
File size: 68.7 MB
Caption
Zun Lee’s portfolio, Father Figure (2011–2015), centers on Black fathers with their children in cities across the country. As the artist states, “Rather than accumulate a series of portraits, my aim was to build trusted relationships and immerse myself in these fathers’ lives to get a sense of how they negotiate their daily spheres not just as fathers but also as Black men.” As a form of self-reflection and participatory observation, Lee challenges cultural assumptions about Black males as men, friends, and fathers. He says he “investigates Black everyday life and family spaces as sites of intimacy, belonging, and insurgent possibility against cultural displacement and erasure.”
Description
A digital image of Billy Garcia and his daughter, Esmeralda. Garcia holds his hand up to a car window, and Esmeralda, visible through the ajar door, holds her hand up to his.
68.7 MB
Place depicted
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
Father Figure
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
digital images
digital media - born digital
Topic
Children
Families
Fatherhood
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Zun Lee
Object number
2016.52.13
Restrictions & Rights
© Zun Lee
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5289c6c87-aec6-4b1f-b743-1bae0d9d905f

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