The paradox of masculinity

Father and son.

The bond between father and son is complex. The responsibility of leading by example and balancing masculinity is tough. Across the world, withdrawing in your basic emotions, hiegtens your masculinity. How can you learn to be a man without knowing you’re human first? This photoset shows a father and son bonding the only way they know how.

Son, do as I show you

Never be the one to cry

You always have something to prove

So keep your emotions inside

Yesterday we were strangers,

Now we bond and we touch

This is the only way I can say

I love you so much

Confrontation.

Small talk.

Photography by Raphael Boamah-Asare

Write up and poetry by Shaneika Johnson-Simms