Confessions of the World's Best Father

Author: Engledow, Dave

Color: Black

Edition: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 176

Details:

As seen on CBS Sunday Morning · A hilarious pictorial parody of a clueless father and his adorable daughter In an attempt to create an image that his new daughter would one day appreciate, Dave Engledow took a photo in which he’s cradling eight-week-old Alice Bee like a football and doctored it to look like he’s squirting breast milk into a "World’s Best Father" mug. Friends and family clamored for more. After Dave’s humorous attempts to capture the sleep-deprived obliviousness of being a first-time dad went viral, he and Alice Bee found themselves bona fide Internet and television celebrities. Merging a Norman Rockwell aesthetic with a darkly comic sensibility, Dave pairs each side-splittingly funny image with a log entry describing the awkward situation that the World’s Best Father has found himself in. Hilarious and heartwarming,  Confessions of the World’s Best Father is a celebration of the early years of parenthood.

Reviews:

"… in this clever send-up of perfect parenting . . . each grittily realistic photo is accompanied by hilarious commentary from Engledow, who appears to possess a quality every dad should have: the ability to laugh at himself."

— Book Page

"in a funny new book, photographer Dave Engledow skewers the art of being a dad."—People

"His gorgeous, hilarious, reality-bending photos pair Engledow with his daring daughter, Alice Bee, in situations that would make parents cringe—if they weren’t laughing out loud, that is."—Parade.com

"...a perfect work of satire, which every parent will love and return to often...a unique book, that also happens to be a work of art"—Jason Good, stand-up comedian and author of This is Ridiculous, This is Amazing"A goofy and heart-gladdening tribute to all the joys and slings and arrows of raising a daughter."—Kirkus Reviews

“Internet, meet your new favorite dad.”

— BuzzFeed

“A hilariously twisted response to all those cutesy shots that parents post on Facebook.”

— Working Mothers (“Dad’s Who Rock: 25 Superstar Fathers”)

“[Dave Engledow] takes family portraits to a whole new level.”

— New York Daily News 

Internet, meet your new favorite dad.

— Buzzfeed

A Conversation with Dave Engledow, author of Confessions of the World's Best Father, featuring Alice Bee Q: How did you get the idea for these photographs? What did friends and family say when they first saw them?    A: From the minute Alice Bee was born, I knew that I wanted to be as creative as possible in documenting her childhood.  I was one of the many Facebook users complaining about the overabundance of baby pictures in my feed, so I was determined to do something different.  I've never been a fan of overly cutesy or poignant baby photos, so the idea of subverting/satirizing traditional baby photography really appealed to me.  I had not originally intended to insert myself into the images, but soon after Alice Bee was born, I was inspired (probably due to lack of sleep) to portray what new fatherhood felt like to me at the time—I wanted to show the cluelessness and exhaustion felt as a new father, while poking fun at myself.  This inspiration turned into a shot of me holding Alice Bee like a football while distractedly squirting her milk into my coffee mug.   The response from friends and family was almost overwhelmingly positive. My mom didn’t approve of that first shot (“I can’t believe you’re using her milk in your coffee”) but she is now a HUGE fan of the series.  As we created and posted more images online, our audience grew tremendously.  There were insistent requests from some of our more demanding friends to make a calendar, and things just sort of took off from there.     Q: How do you get Alice Bee to cooperate when setting up and taking the photographs?   A: Getting Alice Bee to cooperate is the most challenging aspect of creating these images.  Sometimes it’s really easy, particularly when we are doing something that she actually wants to do, like dropping things into ...

EAN: 9781592408894

Release Date: 06-05-2014

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Paperback Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2014

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Paperback