Living With Ben

This is something that I've been working on over a long period of time with more still to come, though now it is limited to whenever I go home. The following are a collection of images of my brother, Ben. Ben was diagnosed with Autism when he was 18 months old after his DPT vaccination.
This personal narrative depicts Ben in daily life doing his normal activities in mini-stories throughout. I wouldn't consider this a documentary at all, but rather my take on how Ben impacts my life, my family's lives, and how we try to include him in the real world as much as possible.
Luckily, Ben is familiar with me so it was no problem shooting, which other photographer may encounter. If it were anyone else, he probably would have been very uncomfortable. But since I didn't have that problem at all, I think I captured the essence of my brother, who is one of my favorite people in the whole world.
Enough blabbing, here are the photos.


Music Therapy

Swimming Lessons


Working out at the YMCA, a weekly tradition for my dad and Ben








Just some daily activites - he likes his music.



Inclusion with holiday festivities


Bingo night at home (he likes us to repeat sounds and faces he makes)


Eating his most favorite food: potatoes


Pressure on his body is necessary so he can feel himself in space. It makes us laugh.


He's very good at puzzles
Something else I'm thinking about:
What if I made it all black and white?