Muscular Dystrophy Doesn’t Stop Boy Going On An Imaginary Photographic Adventure
I think this is an inspiring and uplifting photographic essay of a young boy with muscular dystrophy, allowing him to visualize himself in situations that he would physically love to be in. I am also well aware that some may also find it distasteful.
This photo essay was complied by photographer Matej Peljhan who photographed 12 year old Luka, a sufferer of muscular dystrophy to create some really exciting and imaginative images, depicting him doing things that he unfortunately cannot physically but mentally he so wants to. The photographer spent a long time with Luka and it was during those conversations that he discovered how Luka would like to visualise himself, getting up to mischief, tricks, like many young boys.
These are not mobile images and they were created non-digitally using sheets, props, and backdrops and shooting from above as Luka posed on the ground. Luka was fully in agreement to these images being taken and his sense of humor shines throughout. I find this an inspiring project and it would be great to see other similar ones rolled out.
Photography is therapeutic in so many ways, to so many people, and this is just another way of demonstrating that.
You can read more about the photographer, Matej Pejhan on his website here.
Via, PetaPixel.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
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4 Comments
JQ Gaines
I don’t find this distasteful AT ALL… in fact, I find this little boy (and photographic essay) to be incredibly inspiring and moving! Thank you for sharing …. _/\_
Nettie Edwards
What an amazing story and set of images. Thanks Joanne, very inspirational x
RegiB
Thanks for publishing this. It’s wonderful Luka can look at his dreams through photography. I’m sure these will help him in years to come!
Wayman
Wow how awesome is this what a great way to use photography ….don’t find this distasteful at all