ME Awareness

This was the first creative shoot I directed as a newly-disabled person. The shoot was designed to communicate the onslaught of symptoms that dominated daily life and the medical dissonance I and others with ME/CFS are victim to globally. Visualising “invisible disability” through text, using the naked body, allow for the images to be both captivating and digestible for the general public.

A photo of Claudia shot in a studio. She sits on a white backdrop, completely naked. All along her body you can see painted writing on her skin saying words such as “fatigue, dizziness, invisible, disability, pain, nausea"
A cropped photo of the back of Claudia‘s neck and shoulders. You can see painting on her body of exotic flowers. Her hair is tied up in a plait and along her shoulder are the words “ or misdiagnosis.”
A series of photographs that look like Polaroids. They show Claudia in various portrait positions , painted on her face is the Union Jack. And all along her chest are the words, “the NHS forgot ME”.
A photo of Claudia shot in a studio. She sits on a white backdrop, completely naked. All along her body you can see painted writing on her skin saying words such as “fatigue, dizziness, invisible, disability, pain, nausea"
A photo of Claudia shot in a studio. She sits on a white backdrop, shot from above, completely naked yet covered. All over her body you can see painted writing on her skin saying words such as “fatigue, dizziness, invisible, disability, pain, nausea"
A back portrait of Claudia she sits against a white backdrop, looking away from the camera, all along her back, and her shoulders are painted stars and flowers of an exotic nature in the middle of her back are the words “medical mystery”

Credits:

Photography by Michele Cote

Makeup by Portia Ferrari

Modelled by Claudia RWM

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