Unrestricted
Sight 2003
This project is initiated by the SWLG Foundation for Home Facilities for
the Physically Handicapped, Purmerend NL. The SWLG celebrated her 25th
anniversary in 2003. Also, 2003 was the Year of the Handicapped. Aim of
the photo series is to adjust the perception of the "outside world" regarding
physically handicapped people. That is, to show a different, unexpected
and unknown aspect of the physically handicapped. Most people have immediately
an opinion made up when they see a physically handicapped person. The
person in question is of course a pitiful being, no doubt also mentally
retarded and is sitting at home all day doing nothing. One communicates
in a childish way or only via a (physical able) companion if there; the
physically handicapped person is stared at or avoided as if he/she is
the first appearance as such in human history. One easily forgets that
handicaps are as old as mankind and that everybody, at a certain moment
in life can become handicapped as well. In "Unrestricted Sight" 18 inhabitants
of the Home of the SWLG participated. The photo series wants to let the
"outside world" look beyond the handicap, without being "restricted" by
the first, superficial impression. |
