All this is even more remarkable given her background... Fox, who grew up in Woodside, Queens, was born blind in one eye.
Here's an excerpt on her from a profile in Alternative Photography:
According to her, she was an automatic photographer because she never needed to close an eye to take a picture. She lost the vision in her other eye in 1975 and was declared legally blind just at the time that she photographed herself nude for Playboy and Penthouse. It was at this time that one of Flo’s sisters was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Soon thereafter Flo began experiencing numbness in one of her hands and legs and had herself tested for MS. The results were positive. She has remained determined to not let this news change anything in her career as a fine arts photographer. This has not been easy with her direction in the medium which is predominately street imagery of people and places predominately set in New York City.
When asked how her disabilities have affected her work, Fox said that she started seeing interfering patterns in 1975 and soon thereafter could no longer focus on an image because of dead nerve endings. As her MS progressed, Flo’s muscle tone deteriorated and she went from using a cane to a motorized scooter.
Check out this interview on Tom Snyder...
You can watch part 2 here.
There are more photos on her website here. Or maybe you could friend her on Facebook.
12 comments:
Grieve - What a great talent. I'd never heard of her before. I'll have to check out her website - thanks for the post.
T.
Great photos, thanks for posting this.
She has a book of photos too — AsphaltGardens. Not sure if it is still in print.
Here's the book on Amazon:
http://wwws.us/6djpx8
Fox also has a cameo in the current Joan Rivers documentary, Piece of Work.
Cool piece.
Flo has a 5 page story on her coming out in new york magazine next week!
Love the thumb suck cigarette image.
Fantastic! Thanks so much for posting this - I had never heard of her!
You can order the book through her website
http://www.gis.net/~fotoflo/asphalt.htm
Just heard of Flo Fox on the Joan Rivers documentary here in Scotland. Thanks for posting her photos, really great, intersting images.
Thanks for letting more people know about Flo and see some of her photos.
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