Before the age of the cell phone, the birth of a child often spurred the purchase of a camera.

I suspect that the Kodak Reflex 3 that now sits on my shelf was the first camera my father purchased around the time that I was born

and which served as the family camera for years.

These cameras have been the means by which a personal documentary of a family's life

have been created, which would have been impossible over a hundred years ago.

Now events big and small, extraordinary and mundane

can be memorialized and shared in countless ways.

But those photographs can also play a role in how a child comes to see themselves,

especially when there is a dearth of imagery that doesn't reflect what they

look like or who they feel they are. Christian Joy Mack has been photographing her daughter,

who is of mixed race, and teaching her to thoughtfully consider more than just her appearance,

but who she is as a young black girl in today's world.

By collaborating with her daughter and her young cousins,

Kristen has produced a body of work that is both poignant and beautiful,

and that reminds us that we all deserve to be seen.

This is Ibarianx, and welcome back to the candid frame well thank you for doing this yeah when i saw the the uh the piece in letcraft and looked more into it i really loved the work i mean just it just

visually it's very beautiful thank you so i just reached out and said hey hey, let's chat a little bit about it because I think it's very interesting work, especially since I always gravitate to finding out more about the personal work that people are doing.

Yeah.

Because I think it's just ripe for a much more interesting conversation than it is just talking about the

work that people normally do for making a living. And as lovely as that work can be, it seems

like people are, they can get more excited about the stuff they have a passion for. And I can

see that in the images. So I think we'll get the same from the conversation. So thank you again for doing this.

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