Comments on: Piotr Pietrus – Kunterbunt Disabled People Travelling https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/ burn is an online feature for emerging photographers worldwide. burn is curated by magnum photographer david alan harvey. Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 By: Charles Ayoub News Portal https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-235361 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:41:39 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-235361 […] Details: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/ […]

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By: RPruszynski https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-230756 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:45:04 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-230756 This is a very nice essay, Nice job Piotr

Rafal

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By: Gordon Lafleur https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-230589 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 05:47:07 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-230589 (Smiling) Patricia, I can’t imagine you not delivering more than expected in any situation!

I think the problem here is that Piotr has not specified what sorts of disabilities his subjects have. The subjects in the photographs I’m assuming have cognitive developmental challenges of one sort or another, which covers a huge range. It’s hard to find a convenient euphemism that covers all the bases. The word “disability” is obviously too broad in this case.

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By: Patricia Lay-Dorsey https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-230577 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 04:35:08 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-230577 Sensitive, respectful, tender and beautiful images. I appreciate this project both as a photographer and as a woman who lives with a physical disability myself. As it happens I recently traveled internationally, not in a group but by myself. So I can relate in many ways to this work.

My only concern is with the statement and its description of disabled persons as being honest, simply themselves and not wearing masks. Obviously that is true of the individuals Piotr knows as documenter of this particular travel agency and its clients. But I worry about making such an assertion about ALL disabled persons. As for myself, sometimes I am less than honest, wear masks of one kind or another and am not totally myself in every setting.

Piotr might consider rephrasing his statement to say that the disabled persons he has met and photographed for this project are honest, don’t wear masks and are simply themselves. If he puts it like that, no one will expect all of us disabled people to be so ingenuous. I just don’t want non-disablded folks to expect too much of me!

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By: John https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-230259 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:56:38 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-230259 A wonderful essay Piotr.
Full of sensitivity and beautiful images.
Thank you for this.

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By: Frostfrog https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-230072 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:25:23 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-230072 When I saw the black cat on the cover photo, I knew what would follow had to be good… It was, very sensitive and well done. I’m not certain I would have picked up on the fact it was about disabled people traveling, but then that’s the gap filled in by the words. Words or no words, the wonder of discovery shines through…

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By: Piotr Pietrus » https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-230068 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:48:17 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-230068 […] ‘Kunterbunt’ essay has been selected to Burn Magazine’s Emerging Photographer Fund 2013 […]

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By: andrew b. https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-230043 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:42:45 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-230043 Well done – I can feel through the images the wonder, and sense the openness, of the experience for both the participants of the excursions and yourself…

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By: Gordon Lafleur https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-229946 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 04:52:18 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-229946 PS
I love the longer edit on your website.

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By: Gordon Lafleur https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-229943 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 04:48:28 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-229943 Congratulations Piotr
This is a very sensitive and up-beat treatment of a subject very close and dear to me. I also very much appreciate the sentiments in your statement. Yes, people with special needs have special gifts for us if we are open and willing to engage them. Honesty, a lack of inhibitions, an ability to just be. There are also lessons to be had about comradery, acceptance of differences, tenderness, and yes, child-like innocence . Good on you for tackling this subject. It is one that most people shy away from.

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By: hharry https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/11/piotr-pietrus-kunterbunt-disabled-people-travelling/#comment-229857 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:58:48 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=18949#comment-229857 A nice dreamy quality to the work, but personally I would get rid of 8,9 and 16 to keep the feel consistent.

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