Kevin Connolly (photographer)

Kevin Connolly (photographer)

Kevin Michael Connolly is an American photography student at Montana State University, who was born without legs. He has made a collection of photographs of people's reactions to him as he traveled the world, and published it on the Internet.

Early life

Connolly was born in Helena, Montana in August of 1985. [http://www.therollingexhibition.com/contact.php "The Rolling Exhibition: Contact and Bio"] . Retrieved March 21, 2008.] He was born without legs, as a "'sporadic birth defect,' which is basically the doctors saying they don't know what happened.", he says. [http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=3957287 "Man Without Legs Harnesses Public Gaze"] , by Bob Brown, "20/20", ABC News, January 1, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2008.]

His parents didn't coddle him; as a toddler he wasn't treated any differently than his sisters, Meagan and Shannon, and grew up floating rivers and climbing mountains. His parents enrolled him in gymnastics, and wrestling, which gave him the agility and upper body strength to flip himself onto counters and do handstands. At the age of 10, he started skiing, with a custom designed monoski. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0122/p20s01-ussc.html "A legless artist documents the world in 32,000 stares"] , by Ray Sikorski, "The Christian Science Monitor", January 22, 2008 edition. Retrieved March 21, 2008.] He was good enough at skiing to win a silver medal at the X Games extreme sports competition. [http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/64390/what-are-you-looking-at "What Are You Looking At?"] , by Kevin Sites, Yahoo! People of the Web, March 19, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2008.] He travels mostly by propelling himself with his arms on his skateboard, rarely using his wheelchair, and not using a pair of prosthetic legs since age 12.He once brought so many new clothes when traveling he had to get a girl to carry them for him.

Photographic exhibition

One day, on a 2006 solo trip through Europe, in Vienna, Connolly got tired of being stared at, and without looking through the camera's viewfinder, took a series of photos of people staring at him as he wheeled by. He liked the results. With the money from his X Games winnings, he took an 11 week international trip over summer break in 2007, through 15 countries, through New Zealand, Europe, Japan, and back to America. He published the photos on a web site, called "The Rolling Exhibition.com" [http://www.montana.edu/mountainsandminds/fall2007/connolly/index.html "People Are Curious: Kevin Connolly's worldwide journey inspires photos, images and understanding"] . Story by Suzi Taylor, Photography by Kevin Connolly, "Mountains and Minds", Montana State University, November 27, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.therollingexhibition.com/ "The Rolling Exhibition"] "15 Countries, 31 Cities, 32,000 photos, One stare." Connolly's photo gallery, online.


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