Stephen DiRado sent me a beautiful handmade book, which I felt compelled to share here. The book, titled With Dad, came to me in a cloth-covered slip case with a photograph glued to the cover. The images inside are a documentation of Stephen’s relationship with his father Gene, who was affected by Alzheimer’s before he passed away in December 2009. Going back to 1985, the black and white photographs are deeply personal and extremely moving, and to view them in such a lovingly made book (the first, in fact, since his father’s death) was really special.
Thank you, Stephen.
Visit Stephen’s website to see more photographs from With Dad.
One Comment
January 19, 2012 – 7:51 pm
Stephen’s photos of his father are honest, sensitive and deeply moving. I feel how he treasured him.I can feel the love and pain for his father. His book is simply gorgeous.