‘Defying expectations’: amazing Paralympic photographers with disabilities

Whether legally blind or using a wheelchair, four photographers say there’s no impediment to creativity at the Games

While Paralympic athletes have been capturing the limelight with feats of skill and endeavour over the past fortnight, theirs are not the only remarkable stories from the Games. Several photographers with disabilities have been creating striking images in Paris, defying mobility issues, visual impairments and societal expectations in the process. Here is some of their best work.

Main image above: Brazil’s Verônica Hipólito (L), China’s Shi Yiting (C) and New Zealand’s Danielle Aitchison (R) compete during the women’s 100m T36 final.

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