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MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
MY LEFT FOOT
I was very young when I first heard about this disease… A long time had gone when I accidentally watched the movie “My Left Leg”. It became my inspiration to take a photo-project about the children who suffer from Cerebral Palsy. I was thinking a lot about where and how these photos would be better to take… I chose their everyday life, their environment – houses where they live and spend most of their time. The session was never planned or organized – I just went to their houses without letting them know and took a shot. My visits lasted for two months…
 
Today there are almost 8000-12 000 children who has the CP in Georgia. Not only they have problems in moving but they have a huge problem in finances. Most of them have income that’s under the average and 120 GEL (50$)  which the Government gives them every month, isn’t enough at all because sometimes they pay all of it in a daily dose of the medicine. There is no other income in those families because the family members can’t work – they simply can’t leave the kids alone. I don’t even want to talk about and emphasize the non-adapted environment which makes everything even worse… I
 
 dedicate this session to these children and their incredible achievements!
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