by Charlie Reynolds
Image Description: Four black and white images depict a young man in a wheelchair. There are ghost-like apparitions around his arms and head that display movement. Although the movements are hard to see, they depict the man having a seizure.
About the Creator
Conversion disorder is a condition in which a person experiences physical and sensory problems, such as paralysis, numbness, blindness, deafness or seizures, with no underlying neurologic issues. The brain converts extreme amounts of stress into physical symptoms as a form of defense. Despite living with these seizures for ten years, I have grappled with the issue of how to creatively document my seizures. I wanted to capture the movement and brutal honesty of these events. With the help of some fellow artists, I induced a seizure while burst images were taken and later layered together.