Photographer Debbie Todd said she wants to celebrate the 'amazing children' who posed for her series, part of a year-long campaign called 'Extra Ordinary'.
, said she wants to celebrate the "amazing children" who posed for her series, part of a year-long campaign called "Extra Ordinary".
Ava, 5, from Gateshead. She loves nothing more than singing along to her favourite songs and is full of mischief."When more families responded to a call-out to be featured in another exhibition I am doing it struck me that these amazing children deserved a campaign of their own. “They want to do everything other children do and to be accepted and represented fairly and my campaign aims to showcase the stories of some children with Down Syndrome to normalise it and promote inclusion.”Debbie, who is a graduate of The Northern School of Art’s MA Creative Practice and BA Photography degree courses, specialises in documentary fine art photography of people.
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