This Father Took Photos Of His Daughter Dressed As Influential Women And It’s Phenomenal

In a world that urges young girls to continuously try to be someone they are not, comparing them with heavily made up photo-shopped models, this dad took a different road. In order to help his 5 year old daughter Lily build her ‘confidence and sense of self-worth’, Brooklyn based photographer Marc Bushelle decided to teach her about the important women figures from history. But even there he took a different approach.

Inspired by another photographer who did something similar, he decided to do a photo series, with his daughter dressed as some of the most influential women in the world from past and contemporary history.

Take a look at the inspiring photo series, aptly named as “The Heroines Project”, by Marc Bushelle, starring his daughter Lily.

1. Here is Lily as Bessie Coleman, aiming for the sky just as she did

Bessie Coleman was the first African American to hold an international pilot license and the first African American woman to fly a plane in the USA.

 

2. Lily as the tough Malala Yousafzai

 

3. Lily reaching for the stars as Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to get accepted in NASA astronaut training program and go into outer space.

 

4. Here is Lily, bringing in the peace like Mother Teresa

 

5. Lily is just as graceful as the versatile artist Grace Jones

 

6. And here she mesmerizes us again, as the singer Nina Simone

 

7. Lily is no less glamourous than Queen Latifah

 

8. And here is she, just as strong as Admiral Michelle J. Howard

Michelle J. Howard is the first female four star admiral in the US Navy and the highest ranking African American woman in the military.

 

9. Lily, posing and looking as beautiful as Misty Copeland, the ballet prodigy

 

10. Lily, just as ready to take the world as Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress in the US.

 

11. Lily as Josephine Baker, the artist, activist and spy in WW II

 

12. Here’s Lily, just as awesome as the Beloved author Toni Morrison

Take a bow Marc. You are doing parenting so right!