After a chance encounter with a young woman living with albinism, award-winning international fashion photographer began exploring images in medical textbooks. He was affronted by the dehumanizing photographs depicting disease and disability, lacking all sense of individuality. This catalyzing experience led Rick to found Positive Exposure and to turn his lens from the more traditional ideas of beauty to the richness of human diversity. Rick will share - in images and story - his encounters with children around the world and explain how we can steady our gazes to see the beauty in difference. He'll also introduce , a resource that changes how medical information is presented to health care professionals-in-training, clinicians, families and communities.
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This event is co-sponsored by the Schubert Center for Child Studies, the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, and the Office for Disability Resources.