The Four Virtues- Fatherhood

Eli Williamson’s ‘Four Virtues’ exhibit highlights loving Black fathers

The Daily Northwestern

Jack Austin, Senior Staffer
February 9, 2023

Southside photographer Eli Williamson documents loving fathers with their children in everyday settings. Williamson said the mission of his exhibit is to highlight and change the “negative stereotypical perception of Black fathers.” 

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The First Virtue: Eli Williamson’s “The Four Virtues” at Evanston Art Center

New City Art

By SUSAN AURINKO 
Janurary 26, 2023 

There is an urban myth that Black men make terrible fathers: absent, violent and a host of other extreme fictions. South Side photographer and activist Eli Williamson begs to differ. In this small but powerful exhibition, where each photograph is titled “FatherHood,” Williamson proves his point. He gives us, in these images, proof that it just isn’t so—that there are plenty of loving, nurturing, caring fathers in the Black community.

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The Four Virtues- Work

Work, Love and Respect: A Review of Eli Williamson’s “The Second Virtue” at Evanston Art Center

New City Art

BY SUSAN AURINKO 
February 2, 2024

With the second of his quartet of continuing exhibitions, Eli Williamson examines the topic of “Work” and its relation to Black men. I had the pleasure of reviewing his first installment a year ago. Williamson has matured as a photographer, and yet retained the same zealous need to tell a story in opposition to common misconceptions about Black men, in this case the myth that they are unmotivated or lazy, and don’t like to work. I came away from the show with a new respect for all the jobs, from menial to white-collar, that Williamson shows in this series and a desire to walk through the world attentive to Black men at their labors.

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