--- description: Kordale and Kaleb Lewis, two black gay fathers who went viral last year are starring in a new Nikon campaign with their children. title: See Gay Black Dads Star In a Nikon Ad image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt559c37153c6bc964/698779fce20a874778a84843/screen-shot-2015-01-15-at-12-02-14-pm.png?branch=production ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Gay Black Fathers Kordale and Kaleb Star In This Beautiful Nikon Ad by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 4:05 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 4:05 AM CUT Kordale and Kaleb Lewis are [starring](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/kordale-kaleb-nikon-campaign%5Fn%5F6464364.html "undefined") in a new Nikon campaign with their children. The pair shot to fame when a photo of the two dads doing their daughters’ hair in the mornings went viral. It also drew homophobic backlash on Twitter with people taking issue with two gay black men raising a family. Nikon’s “I Am Generation Campaign” shows the family telling their story in an inspiring video. Kordale and Kaleb [told](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/kordale-kaleb-nikon-campaign%5Fn%5F6464364.html "undefined") the Huffington Post that the photo and now the video had changed their lives and how people viewed them. “There will be those people who do not agree and will post negative comments or snarl their faces, but there are much more people who do agree and commend us as fathers and community activists,” the pair said in a statement. \[[Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/kordale-kaleb-nikon-campaign%5Fn%5F6464364.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3668594/gay-black-fathers-kordale-and-kaleb-nikon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3668594/gay-black-fathers-kordale-and-kaleb-nikon/"},"headline":"Watch Gay Black Fathers Kordale and Kaleb Star In This Beautiful Nikon Ad","datePublished":"2015-01-15T04:05:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:36.390Z","description":"Video tells the family's inspiring story","url":"https://time.com/3668594/gay-black-fathers-kordale-and-kaleb-nikon/","keywords":["Living","Family","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt559c37153c6bc964/698779fce20a874778a84843/screen-shot-2015-01-15-at-12-02-14-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt559c37153c6bc964/698779fce20a874778a84843/screen-shot-2015-01-15-at-12-02-14-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-01-15 at 12.02.14 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3668594/gay-black-fathers-kordale-and-kaleb-nikon/","name":"Watch Gay Black Fathers Kordale and Kaleb Star In This Beautiful Nikon Ad"}}]}] ```