#80 SEE A NEED, FILL A NEED. inclusivity
Walking their dogs three years ago, sisters-in-law Laura Johnson and Zoe Proctor mused why there wasn't a specialist agency to represent disabled people in mainstream media and modelling. In that one walk, they hatched and launched Zebedee Management, a specialist talent agency representing people who until now have largely been excluded in the media including people with disabilities, or alternative appearance and more latterly trans/non binary. Today is a story about self belief and giving others the gift of the same - and is brought to you with Image Salon.
I learned a lot personally during my chat with Laura. I learned about inclusion, I learned, as you will, how under-represented disability is in my industry, photography. I learned some facts and figures that frankly I didn’t even find first time round in my research.
But I learned, or at least was reminded of how important it is to believe in yourself. It’s something I know I was better at when I was youthfully naïve and rejection letters were simply a way of discovering a different route when the one ahead had been closed.
If you have any thoughts or comments following today’s episode, then I’d love to hear from you for Friday’s ‘feedback episode,’ the Friday Photowalk edition, where I take your emails out with my camera to make an show built by you.
