In the United States, the absence of fathers from their children’s lives is a social problem directly related to multiple behavioral issues and to high rates of poverty, high school drop-outs, and incarceration. Chicago photographer Lewis Kostiner in his project,Choosing Fatherhood: America’s Second Chance, seeks to explore this problem by creating portraits of fathers who are involved in their children’s lives.

Image: Natalie, Holding A Photograph Of Her Father, Reynol Ruiz, Redwood City, California, Lewis Kostiner

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