I grew up in the shadow of divorce and saw very little of my father in the years following. In 2002 I found myself in an eerily familiar situation. My first and foremost concern when I went through my divorce was the effect on my 3-year-old son and our relationship. I’m now remarried with a 3-year-old daughter, struggling to find a balance in our time as a family for the bi-weekly 48 hours that my son is with us. Alternating Weekends is a work in progress, my attempt to capture the beauty, humor, magic and pain I find in his youth and in our relationship as father and son. Although the circumstances are completely different, I still compare and contrast our current situation and environment to mine at that age. Trying to optimize our time comes naturally, an effortless but critical part of every day we’re together. I don’t do it to compensate for my father’s absence, but I see clearly what I missed and I strive to never let him feel the vacuum I did. On the surface, these images document our relationship, but there is also a reflection of my own childhood in these moments.