<I>Father Figure: Untitled</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: Zun Lee, Canadian, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Billy Garcia
label: Subject of
content: Esmeralda Garcia, American
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.”
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 68.7 MB
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Digital image of Billy Garcia and his daughter, Esmeralda
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fatherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Father Figure
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Exhibition
content: Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Zun Lee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.52.13
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Zun Lee
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6000 pixels × 4000 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 68.7 MB