Portraits of Paralympians in recognisition
of their achievements
by Artist Clare Newton
Paralympians are responsible for winning seven times more Gold Medals than Olympians in a third of the time, yet little documentation of their achievement exists.
Hackney-based photo-artist Clare Newton set out to make photographic portraits of the many GB Paralympians, whether they are veterans or current day champions, whose contributions to society are hugely important on so many different levels.
Bucks County Museum
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Canary Wharf
New Project about other Paralympians is under way Exhibition 2020
BUY Prints SpiritofLegends
20% donated to Papa Guttman Trust for spinal injuries
The team includes John Stubbs, already a two-time Paralympian and Beijing 2008 gold medallist, and John Cavanagh, who has competed at every Games since Sydney in 2000. John Stubbs said today: "Rio 2016 will be my third Games and I feel just as proud today as I did when I was selected to represent ParalympicsGB for the first time in Beijing. "Going to the Paralympics is the biggest honour an athlete can achieve and I really hope to do the nation proud again as the team did at London 2012.
Former rally driver Pete Littler is the first disabled British GT competitor as part of a new factory Aston Martin Racing effort. The 51-year-old has purchased a new Vantage GT3 from the Prodrive factory and will run it under his PFL Motorsport team.
Stoke Manadeville stadium, host to the Paralympic Heritage Flame ceremony provides and eventful day
Lighting the Paralympic Torch and sending it on its way to Rio Games
A special Moment to capture an era when Eva and her family stand by the commemorative statue of her Father - Dr Guttmann the founder of the Paralympic Games
The Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony is part of the lead-up to the fifteenth ... Kelly Gallagher joins Baroness Grey-Thompson as a star guest at the event.
The flame was ignited by Tanni Grey-Thompson "it's been amazing to come back and light the torch for Rio."
GB Fencing Team Gold Medalist Piers Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya and Gemma Collis (Please don't be confused with same name in Big Brother) Will be competing next week in the Epi and Sabre events