‘I am keen to instil a belief in the wider community that disability IS sexy! It was a privilege and a huge indulgence to be photographed by one as talented as Belinda!! I truly love the way she has captured me!! When the idea for the image was suggested to me, I wasn’t so sure! I’d imagined myself in an image like the one used to promote the movie ‘American Beauty’…strategically placed rose petals. On reflection, an image like that would have been far too innocent for me. Belinda managed to come up with an image that shows off all my ‘assets’, makes the bits of myself that I don’t always like pale into insignificance and really shows me up to be what I truly am… …Not your average horny little devil.’
CAROLINE BOWDITCH, Melbourne VIC Australia, 2000
Caroline is a Consultant for Monte – Moving on to Empower, the Secretary of the Genetic Support Network of Victoria, a Training Coordinator at Arts Access (Victoria), the Co-Convenor of the Victorian Women With Disabilities Network and a member of the City of Melbourne’s Disability Advisory Committee. And in her spare time…Caroline performs as part of the Weave Movement Theatre – a mixed-ability dance company!! Carolyn was also awarded a Queen’s Trust Grant in 1997 that allowed her to spend 4 months living in the United States. Caroline has Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Fragile Bones)