I Look Just Like My Daddy
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Through her photographs, Cass Bird asserts the positive existence of people who push the perceived boundaries of gender. In this way she suggests a world that is Whitmanesque in rejecting society’s restrictions. In this photograph, taken on a rooftop in Brooklyn, Bird’s friend Macaulay stares out from under a cap emblazoned with the words “I Look Just Like My Daddy.” Macaulay’s gender is ambiguous. Her cap’s proclamation is likewise ambiguous—perhaps it is true, or perhaps it is an ironic statement of an expectation that will never be realized.
Caption
Cass Bird American, born 1974. I Look Just Like My Daddy, 2004. Chromogenic print, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Prints and Photographs Council and the Robert A. Levinson Fund, 2005.40.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2005.40.1_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
I Look Just Like My Daddy
Date
2004
Medium
Chromogenic print
Classification
Dimensions
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Prints and Photographs Council and the Robert A. Levinson Fund
Accession Number
2005.40.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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