I had my first shoot today- I think it went really well. It's been quite an eye opener too, I hoped when I started this project it would help me to see what everyone else has got going on in their lives. I wanted to uncover everyone's challenges regardless of how big or small they are. I hoped that I could make sense of the things that others find hard and pass this onto others through my photos.
Today I got to photograph Lorna who I had met before to ask if she would take part. It was such a wake up call to really get to know the life of someone who is very limited with what they can do- arthritus has taken away the use of her hands and taken one of her legs which had to be amputated leaving her in a wheelchair. She didn't really make a fuss and smiled and laughed while she told me stories from her past and she posed like a pro. She told me how she was so ill at one point she had to be airlifted to a hospital, she told the story as if it was a normal event. What a lovely and extraordinarily brave lady with a huge determination to stay independent.
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