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This Fatherhood project began over three years ago, and it has grown into a very moving personal assignment. At the outset, I thought I’d post an ad on craigslist.org looking for fathers playing active roles in their children’s lives. However, I soon learned that these Dads were all around me - fathers of my kids’ friends, friends of mine, people I work with, the head of my kid’s parent teacher organization, coaches, grandfathers at the park.



When I first became a father, I thought a… Continue

going into design of the final version of the book – a mad rush of shoots scheduled.

I was up three times with my son last night – covers all messed up, bathroom run, and a scary dream. I was exhausted by the third time, and almost getting exasperated, until he said, “Sorry I keep waking you up, Daddy.” How can you be annoyed after that?

he comes in after a nightmare,
half asleep i lift up the cover and let him crawl in
he curls up with my arm draped over his shoulder,
i want to hold your arm, he mutters, and drifts off