This project is a brainchild of disabled activist, attorney and photographer Mary Lou Mobley, and is advertised online as “A photographic celebration of the profound changes and personal connections made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act.” It sets out to collect images that document changes brought about by the ADA. Continue reading “The ADA image project”
Category: Disabled artists / Artists on disability
Tom Olin
Some of the images are available online through a retrospective hosted on the New Mobility website. The images deal firstly with activism, in particular the 1990s campaigns around Capitol Hill, where people in wheelchairs climbed the steps or chained themselves to objects of oppression such as revolving doors: Continue reading “Tom Olin”
Christopher Voelker
Following a link from the same lead, I came across the work of Voelker. A studio-based photographer, Voelker managed to transcend his disability to become a renowned celebrity portrait photographer in his own right. Continue reading “Christopher Voelker”
Loren Worthington
Another disabled photographer, Worthington does not confine himself to the studio. He uses a tripod head attached to his wheelchair using a Mount’n Mover limb system developed specifically for disabled people by BlueSky Designs to enable them to use cameras laptops tablets and other electronic gadgetry. Continue reading “Loren Worthington”
Kevin Connolly
Connolly was born without legs, a condition known as sporadic birth defect. He uses his camera to stare back at those people who stare at him on the street. Since he travels the globe as an X Games athlete and skier, his pictures show people from many different cultures, all in the act of staring at him. Continue reading “Kevin Connolly”
Palestinian war correspondents: Moamen Qreiqea and Osama Silwadi
A couple of inspirational photographers came to light whilst looking up disabled photographers. The first is Moamen Qreiqea, 25, a photographer who lost both his legs in an Israeli air strike in 2008 while taking pictures east of Gaza. Continue reading “Palestinian war correspondents: Moamen Qreiqea and Osama Silwadi”
Anne Geddes, Protecting Our Tomorrows: Portraits of Meningococcal Disease
“One emotion that unites all of us as parents is the instinctive drive to ensure that our children are safe and protected. In allowing them to grow and flourish, we protect the future of our world.”
Geddes is foremost a photographer of children, especially infants, under very soft ethereal lighting. Continue reading “Anne Geddes, Protecting Our Tomorrows: Portraits of Meningococcal Disease”
Douglas McCulloh, Blind Photographers: Vision, Accessibility, and Empowerment in the Museum
I found this review of a travelling exhibition – Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists, and I was like – what?!? I found the exhibition catalogue online and will look at a few of the photographers whose work or approach interests me. Continue reading “Douglas McCulloh, Blind Photographers: Vision, Accessibility, and Empowerment in the Museum”
Pete Eckert
Pete Eckert, one of the photographers exhibited, says the following: “I slip photos under the door from the world of the blind to be viewed in the light of the sighted” and as McCulloh points out, the pictures that are displayed are mere second-hand copies, one step removed from the originals – which can never actually be displayed since they remain in the minds of their creators. Continue reading “Pete Eckert”
Gerardo Nigenda
Gerardo Nigenda from Mexico documents his life in images and then punctures through the print’s emulsion with Braille text, which Continue reading “Gerardo Nigenda”
Carl Whetham photography 