The Gift
A Photographic Exhibition  Exploring Life Beyond Limits
Developed by No Limits Media in support of

The UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities

“The Gift,”  is a photographic exhibition  created to provide new image of people with disabilities who achieve excellence in sports, performance and the arts. No Limits Media are creating this photographic  collection for display at the UN headquarters and UN offices worldwide.  It is a showcase of images from the broad spectrum of disabilities related activities.

 The 40 to 60 images in “The Gift” will explore three primary thematic areas:

• The drama of disability sports
• Achievements of former soldiers with disabilities
• Creative efforts of disabled performers, and musicians and artists

The exhibition will also highlight the ways in which technology and design are changing the way people with disabilities can engage with the world. 

The impetus for “The Gift”  grew out of the  2005 collaboration between, No Limits Media (NLM) and the U.N. Office of Exhibition Together, they mounted the photo exhibition “Raising the Bar: New Perspectives on Disability Sports.”  Formally opened by King Abdullah II of Jordan, this breakthrough show. Based on the book “Raising the Bar,” (Umbrage Editions, Joukowsky and Rothstein) received wide praise for its presentation of the dramatic images of people with disabilities using Paralympic sports to accommodate to their disabilities.

Rather than focusing on the challenging realities to which people with disabilities must adjust, Raising the Bar offered a positive and forward-looking depiction of their lives.  No Limits Media’s is proud to have worked with the United Nations creating a public reminder that people with disabilities are, in fact, part of the mainstream.

The images in “The Gift” will also inspire viewers everywhere.   Even within the UN itself, “Raising the Bar” inspired workers who saw it to remember that their mission is to make the world better for everyone.

Creating an International Exhibition
The images in “The Gift” will be mounted to allow for easy packing and shipping as an international traveling exhibition. “The Gift” will first display in the large exhibit space in the U.N. lobby sometime in Fall of 2008, and  a smaller version may be exhibited in Beijing during the Paralympics.  UN offices that have expressed interest in this exhibition include:

• Johannesburg, South Africa
• Tokyo, Japan
• Beijing, China
• Amman, Jordan
• Sao Paolo, Brazil
• Moscow, Russia

“The Gift” will offer sponsor organizations an important opportunity to show their support for the disabled and underscore the importance of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

 

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