Unsupervised by Kristen Lewis is released by Daylight Books.
“It is my hope that this project helps parents feel less alone, realizing that their experience is a shared one with the global community of parents around the world, to remind us all of how much more we are connected, than divided.”— Kirsten Lewis
Modern culture signals and defines expectations, in large part to the omnipresence of social media and carefully curated visions of peoples’ personal lives. Photographer Kirsten Lewis’s book Unsupervised presents a raw, honest look at how some families navigate the challenges and joys of raising children. Lewis celebrates and normalizes the inherently chaotic task of managing the ever-changing needs of children, home, self, and daily life, and the beauty within the mess of it all.
Spending between 24 and 72 hours documenting each family, Lewis’s intimate black and white photographs capture caught moments within the homes of a variety of families as the project unfolded over 14 years. The images explore the fullness of parenting, from the unexpected chaos to the quiet shared moments.
The trust between the families and Lewis is evidenced by the level of intimacy she was able to witness and capture with her camera. This project also questions the pressure of perfection widespread across all social media platforms with carefully curated windows into family life.
Kirsten Lewis : Unsupervised
Daylight Books
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781954119390
112 pages; 65 Photographs
8 x 10 inches
$50 US
https://daylightbooks.org/
