Visibly Invisible

Living as a disabled person I have come to recognize vast differences in everyday experiences. I have come to recognize that in public situations there is a shift in attention when I enter into a new space. The strange thing that happens is that I become immediately visible and simultaneously invisible. People always turn and stare at me and then immediately turn away. Whether it is to be polite or they simply realize that their stare is adverted back to their personal space and away from my recognition. Thus the phenomenon of being both visible and invisible happens. This experience forms the basis of my photographic works. I photograph public spaces in which I make myself intentionally obscured and blurred while the space that surrounds me is in focus. Thus making the experience of being visible and invisible a tangible actualization. Furthermore my body and the experiences will be dually represented by an access ramp that will lead to nowhere. Showing how my body is directed through space without a choice. While connecting my experience within an unconventional accessibility.