Morens gripende bilde av far og barn går verden rundt

(SIDE2): Et gripende bilde av en far som holder om sin syke sønn, sittende i dusjen, hylles på internett.

Det er moren Heather Whitten, som er fotograf, som har tatt bildet. Hun kunne ikke finne dem, og da hun fant dem, var det slik som dette.

- Ikke noe seksuelt over dette bildet

Sønnen Fox var syk. Han kastet opp og hadde diare, og i et forsøk på å trøste gutten tok hennes ektemann Thomas ham med på badet for å gjøre ham ren og beroliget, skriver MX.dk. Slik ble de sittende i to timer.

Det viste seg senere at gutten hadde salmonella.

Bildet ble tatt i 2014, men Whitten la det ut for andre gang etter at hun delte bildet i en fotografiklasse og folk mente det var noe seksuelt over bildet.

- Det er greit å være naken sammen med sønnen sin, og å trøste ham. Det viktigste er at man tar vare på barna, sier Whitten til Today.

Ekte øyeblikk

Etter at hun delte bildet for andre gang har det gått sin rundgang på internett, og de fleste kommentarene har vært positive.

- Jeg tok et par bilder. Det var bare så vakkert. Det var ikke overraskende eller noe utenom det vanlige. Det er bare slik han alltid er med barna, sier Whitten.

Whitten har fokus på å forevige de sårbare og ekte øyeblikkene i familiens liv.

- Jeg dokumenterer familien vår akkurat som vi er, sier hun.

Les innlegget i sin helhet her:

#standupstripdown

This was the image that I talked about in my interview with Rebecca last week.

This was November of 2014, Fox would be hospitalized that night for salmonella poisoning [that we never figured out how he was exposed to].
Thomas had spent hours in the shower with him, trying to keep his fever down and letting the vomit and diarrhea rinse off of them both as it came.
It was a powerful moment for us as parents. Our intuition was starting to fire off that this was much more serious than just a virus but we've had much more experience with over reacting than not so we were trying to hold off.
As I sat in the shower with the two of them I was just overwhelmed with the scene in front of me. This man. This husband and partner and father. He was so patient and so loving and so strong with our tiny son in his lap. His whispers of reassurance to Fox, that he would be ok and that Thomas would take care of him were so steady and so honest.
Fox had always been more "my twin". He clung to me more than Persephone did in that first year and would always choose me over Thomas for comfort. But, in this moment, he needed and wanted Thomas.
I stepped out and grabbed my camera and came back to snap a few images of it and, of course shared them. I was taken aback by how many people missed the story or didn't even look past the nudity to find the story. They were just hung up on them both being nude and being in the shower. I had crossed a line. It was too intimate. It shouldn't be shared publicly.
But, I disagree.
My family may be different than yours. But, that doesn't make your way right or my way wrong. You may never take images of your family like I do... you may never share images of your family like I do. But, that doesn't give you the right to silence my voice. To take away my right to share our experiences in an uncensored way.
There is nothing sexual or exploitative about this image. There aren't even any "private parts" showing.
I wish I could express this all in a better way. I wish I were better spoken and not as rambling. But, this is important to me. And, I hope that one day there will be a platform that not only allows this kind of freedom for families and artists like my own... but, welcomes them without fear.