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I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2000. Parkinson’s is a movement disorder. This manifests itself in various ways. Two of these ways are tremors and dyskinesia. While different, they are both uncontrollable body movements. This is problematic for one trying to do photography. It seemed my photography days were numbered.
That was nearly 24 years ago. The disease has progressed, but at a much slower pace than expected. This, along with adapting how I take photos to what I am physically capable of, has allowed me to continue to do photography.
It has also allowed me to experiment with “Parkinson’s photos”. These are photographs that, instead of fighting the Parkinson’s uncontrollable movements, work with the Parkinson’s. They are photographs of and from movement. Instead of holding the camera still - the first law of photography - one lets it go. The movement of the camera produces the movement in the photo which makes “Light Moves’’.