Everyone thinks pictures of their kids are the most beautiful things in the world and, if it were possible, would hang them in museums for public viewing (instead, they just subject us to Facebook viewings). But photographer, and father, Bill Gekas can actually make the claim that the pictures of his child are true masterpieces.
Modeled after classic European paintings, Gekas' series of portraits of his daughter are stunning. The pictures would have us imagining that his daughter was posing for oil paintings instead of in front of a digital camera.
The Melbourne, Australia-based photographer began the project in 2010.
"A little time went on, and I was still photographing her, and had noticed that a body of work was developing that both my peers and general public found appealing," Gekas told Mashable. "We continued turning it into a project where it was no longer a portrait of my daughter, but more a portrait portraying a universal child."
We think Gekas should be awarded for creating the first set of kids' pictures that won't embarrass his daughter in a few years.
H/T PetaPixel. Images courtesy of Bill Gekas.