Public Project
Long Summer Days
Copyright Nolan Streitberger 2024
Date of Work Jul 2016 - Ongoing
Updated May 2020
Topics Aging, Black and White, Children, Documentary, Emotion, Essays, Family, Feminism, Fine Art, Freedom, Friends + Family, Lifestyle, Parenting & Family, Photography, Portraiture, Spotlight, Womens Rights, Youth
I grew up as a single child in a little home set in a small urban community. I was raised by a single father who worked during the day and was an artist in the evenings. Now, I am a stay at home father, and an artist, helping to raise my daughter, Haley.
 
 
This photo essay titled “Long Summer Days” follows my daughter's journey through childhood as she struggles with the boredom of living as a single child in the same small home where I grew up. We largely choose a device free lifestyle for her, which leads her to explore the world and envelop herself in her imagination and creativity. These images include subtle undertones and rich metaphors that disrupts the stereotypes of girls, while highlighting my daughter's delightfully unconsciousness strength, independence, defiance, and playfulness.

 She is at an age where she is developing her strong personality and it is a culmination
of all these elements which I am capturing and documenting.
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