Patricia Lay-Dorsey: Falling Into Place

Patricia Lay-Dorsey: Falling Into Place
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Detroit-based artist Patricia Lay-Dorsey was diagnosed with chronic progressive Multiple Sclerosis in 1988. Ten years later she began taking self-portraits to show the day-to-day life of disability. The photographs chronicle the struggles and achievements of t as she learns to accept the limitations and celebrate her abilities. 

Falling into Place
Falling into Place
Patricia Lay-Dorsey
Born in Washington, DC in 1942, Patricia studied fine arts at Detroit’s College for Creative Studies. Falling Into Place has had solo exhibits at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon, NY. Featured in Newsweek Japan, the NY Times Lens blog, Daily Mail, ABC News, CBS News, among others. Patricia lives in Detroit with her husband.

Watch Patricia talk about her images and her disability.

Read the Burn Magazine interview between Patricia and David Allan Harvey.
Falling into Place
Falling into Place
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Falling into Place; Design by Victoria; Patricia Lay-Dorsey; Victoria Forrest