Hot dads are art, and Johan Bävman is here to prove it! This much-displayed project (itâs been shown in more than 60 countries since Bävman completed it in 2014) examines Scandinavian gender dynamics, using Swedenâs generous paid family leave allowance as a springboard.
Despite the fact that the Swedish government offers new parents 16 months of parental leave, only a tiny fraction of fathers take more than six months, and virtually none split their leave evenly with their partners. Bävman followed 45 men whoÂ
did take significant advantage of the policy, and photographed them in various domestic settings with their children. The photos are on view at the Nordic Northwest cultural center in deep Southwest Portland, which is also home to a popular outpost of PDX brunch cafe Broderâpop by for brunch and enjoy some dads while you wait for a table.Â
Portland exhibitions reveal complex legacy of landscape photography
Posted May 10, 2021
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Landscape photography has become the most ubiquitous art form of our time, thanks to smartphone technology and social media. Yet lost in the deluge of National Park selfies is an essential dilemma about our love of these natural places, and how we choose to represent them.
That dilemma is brought to light at two photography exhibitions in downtown Portland this spring, both of which challenge the legacy of Ansel Adams, the vanguard of modern landscape photography.
At the Portland Art Museum’s “Ansel Adams in Our Time” (May 5 to Aug.1) the legendary photographer is both celebrated and questioned, while modern photographer Johnnie Chatman makes a more pointed critique in his affecting show “i forgot where we were…” at Blue Sky Gallery (April 1 to May 29).
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