Dads, Bart Heynen

Description

Hardcover

DADS is a heartfelt photographic portrait of gay fatherhood in the United States, capturing everyday moments of love, care, humor, responsibility, growth, and family-making. Featuring more than 40 families, photographer Bart Heynen documents the lived reality of gay dads across the country—from major cities to small towns, across different races, backgrounds, religions, and parenting journeys.

This collection is not just about representation — it’s about intimacy. The book gently reveals the routines and rituals of family life: early mornings, bedtime stories, quiet gestures, tired smiles, first steps, small messes, and shared joy. It highlights the many routes to parenthood embraced by gay fathers, including adoption, surrogacy, co-parenting, and chosen family support networks.

Printed in Italy with exceptional photographic reproduction, DADS is both a documentary and a love letter — a reminder that family is something we create, nurture, and claim, together.

As Harvey Fierstein wrote:
“Love, commitment, and family are human words — they belong to all people.”