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Summary: Magical Book
Review: Fathers: A Celebration is a tribute to the human spirit. What a wonderful way to tell someone that you love them.
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Summary: Finally... A Book About Men and Their FEELINGS
Review: I found the photographs of fathers with their babies touched my heart. As a mother, I know how DEEPLY I feel for my two children. This book allowed me to see that men, too, are profoundly touched and forever changed when their child is born. I enjoyed reading each father's short narrative about how they cried, felt joy, enriched their relationships with the child's mother, and that they'd rather stay at home with their family than go out with "the guys". A GREAT Father's Day gift or Father-to-be gift!
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Summary: Finally... A Book About Men and Their FEELINGS
Review: I found the photographs of fathers with their babies touched my heart. As a mother, I know how DEEPLY I feel for my two children. This book allowed me to see that men, too, are profoundly touched and forever changed when their child is born. I enjoyed reading each father's short narrative about how they cried, felt joy, enriched their relationships with the child's mother, and that they'd rather stay at home with their family than go out with "the guys". A GREAT Father's Day gift or Father-to-be gift!
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Summary: A Joyous New Look at Fatherhood
Review: I was transported to a higher level of consciousness as I viewed the exquisite photographs of fathers and their children, and read the tender, hopeful and caring words that accompany them. This book will not only lift your heart, it will inspire and encourage fathers to express their love and tenderness for their children in ways that fathers of past generations were often unable to do. I hope that many fathers (and mothers too!) of the current generation of children will enjoy this book and identify with the wonderful fathers who participated in its creation. We all need to celebrate and encourage good, loving parenting whenever we see it, and this book presents us with a perfect opportunity to do that.
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Summary: A Joyous New Look at Fatherhood
Review: I was transported to a higher level of consciousness as I viewed the exquisite photographs of fathers and their children, and read the tender, hopeful and caring words that accompany them. This book will not only lift your heart, it will inspire and encourage fathers to express their love and tenderness for their children in ways that fathers of past generations were often unable to do. I hope that many fathers (and mothers too!) of the current generation of children will enjoy this book and identify with the wonderful fathers who participated in its creation. We all need to celebrate and encourage good, loving parenting whenever we see it, and this book presents us with a perfect opportunity to do that.
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Summary: FATHERS, the perfect book to bless your coffee table!
Review: If you'd like to see a book that captures the happiness and essence of being a father, then this is the book for you. J. Gerard Smith's photographs are visually stunning and his subjects are great! I'd reccomend this book to anyone who appreciates good photography.
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Summary: a fathers love
Review: Just wonderful, a must for every parent
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Summary: Fathers by J Gerard Smith
Review: The photos of the fathers with their infant children, the father's comments concerning their child all touch the heart and are a wonder to view in our time. One to be saved and shown to others.
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Summary: Celebrate a Masterpiece
Review: The tears flowed, and my soul burst with joy while reading Fathers. It shares the vulnerability and love of fathers in ways never before experienced. The cross section of age, careers, ethnic backgrounds brings a universal awakening to the gentleness which fathers feel, but seldom are free to express. It is a liberation of males, in the best sense, and is, in a beautiful way, a manual for fathers, present and to be. Fathers is a book you will lovingly place as a permanent fixture in your living room
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Summary: Wonderful in several ways
Review: This book deserves all of its rave reviews. In addition, it's a terrific teacher of portrait photography. I know that I have tried for years to take pictures of loved ones that could show even half of what I was feeling toward my subjects. So how does he do it? Smith's portraits of beautiful dads and their delicious babies succeed magnificently for a variety of reasons. He uses light and shadow to make a point: for balance and harmony. If a dad's face is partially obscured in darkness, the beaning grim on his baby's face assures the viewer of the dad's (unseen-by-us) big smile. Where a muscled fatherly arm is in view, there is the pudgy softness of the baby's arm. One feels the strength of dad, the vulnerability of baby, and is thrilled with the photo. Torsos, either trim or pudgy, are nearly always balanced and complemented by one another. A dad holds a baby in one hand, and the solidity of the dad's legs - and the calm face of the baby - assure us that the child is safe. Another thing I loved about this book is that it reveals mature bodies - not for their conventional "perfectness," but as vessels of love and (in the dads' cases) protection. It's about bodies, but is never voyeuristic. But it is the faces which are so arresting. Study this book, not only for its message of love, hope, and caring - but for the great advice it offers on how to begin to take much better, if not downright successful, pictures!
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