OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IN

PHOTOGRAPHYSEAN SNYMAN

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO GIVE UP?

• COST OF THE EQUIPMENT AND ONLY HAVING A LOW RES CAMERA?

• THE DAY YOU SPENT TAKING HUNDREDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND NOT GETTING THE ONE YOU WANTED?

• NOT HAVING THE RIGHT LENS TO CAPTURE THAT LONG RANGE SHOT OF NATURE UNFOLDING?

IN THE WORDS OF LAO TZU:-

A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES STARTS WITH A SINGLE STEP!

DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

• YOUNGSTERS IN THEMBALETHU WITH A PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

• ONE CAMERA BETWEEN 6 PEOPLE

• NO MEANS TO RECEIVE TRAINING

• LIMITED RESOURCES

• THANKS TO COMMUNITY WE RECEIVED DONATIONS OF NO LESS THAN 8 CAMERAS BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT DSLR

Thembalethu Massacre Photography

WHO IS SEAN SNYMAN?

SUDDENLY EVERYTHING WAS DIFFERENT

I NEEDED TO REDESIGN ME!WHAT I LOOKED LIKE AFTER THE ACCIDENT

THE NEW ME

My first years with the NEX5

Sponsored Sony NEX 7

MY HOBBY OF PHOTOGRAPHY BECAME MY RIVER THAT NEEDED TO BE CROSSED- MY MOUNTAIN THAT NEEDED TO BE CLIMBED AND MY DESSERT THAT NEEDED TO BE CONQUERED

“I want it more than I am afraid of it. I pulled myself up, dusted myself off and got straight back on the horse of life.”

The photograph that got me invited

'I want to show that having a disability won't hold you back': British personal trainer who had leg amputated when he was 16 to become first disabled man to model at New York fashion weekJack Eyers, 25, had his right leg amputated at the age of 16

CONSIDER HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

We all aspire to achieving our goals and it would be great if companies like Canon, Nikon and Sony would consider assisting aspirant photographers with equipment that could aid us in our ambitions of becoming professional photographers as most “Super-Abled” members of society do not have the means to purchase expensive equipment nor is there always the possibility of getting equipment that will assist us.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

I TRUST YOU FOUND THIS INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE.