“A multimedia exhibition about the realities of deafblind people”
Natalie Schonfeld Howard was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She immigrated with her family in 1991 to Toronto, Canada and currently works as a freelance photographer. Her passion as a photographer is social documentary work and photojournalism. Behind the images she seeks, lays a need for communication and understanding.
Since 1996 she has been producing photographic documentary and photo-based work about deafblind individuals. The work illustrates their everyday life, their world of perceptions and different methods of communication, their incredible strength to rise above their disabilities and their will to live despite constant struggles.
What motivates her work is a passionate drive towards social awareness and a love for the image. She believes it is important to challenge people's perceptions of one another, in order to open yourself to the other lives around us. She sees herself as a visual storyteller: sharing the stories of people in search or struggle for humanity, their connection to one another and their environment.
Sense thank Natalie for her involvement in this project.
