My Daughter Breaks All The Girl Stereotypes And I Try To Capture That In My Photographs (26 Pics)

I grew up as a single child in a little home set in a small urban community. I was raised by a single father who worked during the day and was an artist in the evenings. Now, I am a stay at home father, and an artist, helping to raise my daughter, Haley.

This photo essay titled “Long Summer Days” follows my daughter’s journey through childhood as she struggles with the boredom of living as a single child in the same small home where I grew up. We largely choose a device-free lifestyle for her, which leads her to explore the world and envelop herself in her imagination and creativity. These images include subtle undertones and rich metaphors that disrupts the stereotypes of girls while highlighting my daughter’s delightfully unconsciousness strength, independence, defiance, and playfulness.

She is at an age where she is developing her strong personality and it is a culmination of all these elements which I am capturing and documenting.

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#1 12th Street Razor

#2 Playing Cricket

#3 Catching Nugget

#4 Changing Breaks

#5 Hanging Out

#6 The Leaves

#7 Cartwheel In Napa

#8 The Dead Warbler

#9 The 5th Grade Swings

#10 Cooling Off

#11 Down The Dirt Road

#12 Haley On Memorial Day At 5 Years Old

#13 Haley At 4 In A Chair

#14 First Tooth

#15 On The Swings

#16 Under And Over The World

#17 Gull Feathers

#18 Dreaming In The Grass

#19 The Ghost Towel

#20 May I Take My Shoes Off

#21 Parker Road Corn Field

#22 Mapplethorpe Meets Mann

#23 The Last Days Of Summer

#24 New Cat Ears

#25 Schlond Poofa

#26 The Pile