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For Flo Fox, blindness and paralysis don’t stop a career in street photography

The celebrated New York City street photographer Flo Fox is partially blind, has lung cancer and has been living with multiple sclerosis since the age of 30. In a wheelchair since 1999 and unable to handle her camera on her own, she needs help – from her attendants, friends, even passersby – to take photographs. Amazingly, Fox not only remains humorous and energetic, she has also retained her keen sense for reframing moments, people and places in an endlessly chronicled city, bringing surprising new life to her subjects.

Director: Riley Hooper

2 February 2015
Photo of a hand holding an ornate tarot card with a decorative illustration, two other cards on a black surface in the background.

videoDesign and fashion

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videoHistory of ideas

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videoArt

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videoHistory of science

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8 minutes

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videoMedicine

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11 minutes

Painting of a vast landscape featuring rocky hills, a woman with a child and distant snow-capped mountains under a cloudy sky.

videoNature and landscape

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15 minutes

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videoArt

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7 minutes

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videoArt

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8 minutes

videoFilm and visual culture

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