“These little interactions were so intimate and beautiful,” said Rubin. Rubin said she appreciates these busy dads cooperating and contributing to her ongoing photo project which may make it to your part of town someday. Can a photography exhibit make us kinder? See for yourself.” Her exhibit is an affirmation of the nurturing nature of men, the tender side of dads. This collection speaks to the connection we yearn for between fathers and children, the mutual desire for love and affection that sustains us. When you look in the eyes of each of the children and fathers featured here, you see an easy connection and a warmth reflected back at you through a humanist lens. “That is how each of the fathers featured in this exhibit met Nancy Rubin, a photographer who genuinely delights in her kind: people. “When she meets you in line at the grocery store, or on a BART platform, or returning a book at the library, she will notice something special about you, something beautiful in the way you walk, some swagger in your style, something about your ‘you-ness’ that makes her approach you with her contagious smile and shiny eyes and ask you if she can take your photograph, and you say, ‘Yes, of course,’” said Jaffe. Like the time Rubin took a photo of a father reading the children’s book “Mighty Dads,” to his kids at the YMCA. Once she focused on fathers and their kids, Rubin said she continued taking photos of fathers she would encounter interacting with their children. Then after her instructor, Becky Jaffe, noticed the collection of photos Rubin amassed, she suggested she gather photos by theme so she can start showing her work. The project started out with Rubin taking photos of random people she would casually strike up conversations with as she went about town. Photography gives me constant surprises and endless joy.” The gift of their time and trust gives me great satisfaction. “The camera is an entrée to open up a conversation and with very few exceptions people are happy to talk and let me photograph them. I do not go out looking for photo ops rather, I am never without my camera so I simply take advantage of those opportunities that present themselves as I go about my normal routine,” Rubin said. The result is Humans of Berkeley and the Bay Area (HUBBA), with emphasis on Contra Costa County, an ongoing project featuring candid shots of people and text in their own words. In 2013, inspired by Humans of New York, Rubin ventured out onto Bay Area streets and began photographing local folks.
It’s a traveling exhibit that has made its way to local libraries including Berkeley, Hercules, Albany and now at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center’s homework center where it will remain on display until July 17. These encounters captured in photos are part of “Mighty Dads,” Rubin’s collection of photographs of Bay Area dads that celebrate fatherhood.
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“I asked if they could meet me at Tilden Park where we took a photo by his truck because he was teaching her how to fix the truck,” Rubin said.
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