@tate

Today is #FathersDay in the UK, an opportunity to celebrate every kind of father. 💙  ​​A dad can be many things... ​ ​​ 🌊 A teacher (Michael Andrews, Melanie and Me Swimming 1978-9)  📷​ A playmate (Akram Zaatari, Lebanon, 1970s. Hashem el Madani)  ​❤️ A shoulder to lean on (Akram Zaatari, A man from Ghazieh and his daughter. Lebanon, late 1950s. Hashem el Madani 2007)  ​👔 An exemplary dresser (Vanessa Winship, Father and son, Richmond, Virginia) ​ 🐈 A cat dad (Felicitas Vogler, Photograph of Ben Nicholson and his cat, Tommy 1968)  👖 A practical dad ​(Chris Killip, Ned Christian, his son John and daughter Brenda, Ballaconnell Farm, Rushen)  ​☕ A friend to drink tea with (Antonio Mancini, Portrait of the Artist’s Father c.1903–4) ​ 🖌️ The best of memories (Maggi Hambling, Father, Late December 1997) ​ ​ Thanks dads. 💙