This collaboration between the Disability Visibility Project and the SF Disability Cultural Center will be in person at SFMoMA. We will host a powerful opportunity to celebrate the beauty of disabled people by inviting our diverse community to have their photographs taken and visit the museum afterward for free. Too often, getting your picture taken as a disabled person causes harm. Clueless photographers pressure their models to hide their disabilities or mask as neurotypical. Even choosing to submit yourself to being stared at through the camera lens can be hard when so many people with apparent disabilities face stares as a part of daily life.
Here, our photographer Mia Robinson, a queer, Black, trans, disabled person, focuses their work on how to celebrate disabled bodies and minds and rewrite the experience of being photographed. Each participant will receive a print of their photo sent to them after the event. We’ll also have the opportunity to mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with snacks and chatting - what a beautiful reminder that we’re still here!