Photo Essays

Choose two from the list below:

1. Mullady, M. (2011, Jan. 1). Unfractured Dreams: A Photo Essay. New Mobility. https://www.newmobility.com/2011/01/unfractured-dreams/

2. Ross, R. (2015, Aug. 11). Masturbate, Sleep, Deteriorate. Medium. https://medium.com/vantage/masturbate-sleep-deteriorate-9609802ade0f#.ni8rhhbum

3. Spence, J. (photos). Johnson, S. (words). (2016, Feb. 16). Dust to Dust: The photographer who stared death in the face – in pictures. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/feb/16/photographer-jo-spence-the-final-project

4. Turnbull, J. (2017, Nov. 14). Kev Howard on ‘d-FORMED’ his new photography exhibition. Disability Arts Online. https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/kev-howard-d-formed-new-photography-exhibition/

5. UN Women. (2017, Dec. 1). Photo Essay: Women with disabilities across Europe and Central Asia break stereotypes and build resilience. UN Women. https://eca.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2017/12/photo-essay-women-with-disabilities-across-europe-and-central-asia-break-stereotypes

Additional/Suggested Readings

Couture, C. (2018, Apr. 11). I couldn’t find any disability maternity photos, so I made my own. CBC Parents. CBCnews.
https://www.cbc.ca/parents/learning/view/i-couldnt-find-any-disability-maternity-photos-so-i-made-my-own

Crowther, A. (2021, Dec. 3). Who decides how disability is represented in stock photography? Medium.
https://uxdesign.cc/disability-representation-in-stock-photography-7d4c80db0f13

Mattingly, L. (2017, Sept. 13). 5 tips for creating a photo essay with a purpose. Digital Photography School.
https://digital-photography-school.com/5-tips-for-creating-a-photo-essay-with-a-purpose/

Seth McBride, S. (2021, Sept. 1). Photo collection seeks to offer more authentic disability representation to media outlets. New Mobility.
http://newmobility.com/disability-collection-authentic-representation/

The National Network for Equitable Library Service. (n.d.). A Guide to Image Description. Accessiblepublishing.ca.
https://www.accessiblepublishing.ca/a-guide-to-image-description/