She started out as a social worker in 1966, moved on to art in 1978, became an art therapist in 1991, developed MS and started a blog in Feb. 2000, and since 2008 has been publishing photo essays on the NY Times' Lens blog, and in LensWork, New Mobility, and Burn magazines.
As a way of feeling comfortable in her own skin, and comfortable with her MS, Lay-Dorsey set out on a self-portrait project. She photographed herself nude, up-close, and set about photographing her daily life. In the process, she "began to feel more beautiful."
Here's a link to the article that James Estrin wrote on the NY Times Lens blog. To quote it: Confronting her insecurities and her shame, Ms. Lay-Dorsey has made intimate pictures that reveal a truly beautiful woman striving to live her life without artifice. Though she has been photographing seriously for only three years, the images are masterful. They are direct and open. Unlike most self-portraits, there is no posturing.
Her portrait series inspires me because it makes the mundane creative. And her story inspires me because she's only been taking photographs since 2006.
Her journey as a photographer started when she purchased point and shoot to supplement the blog she had created. Since then, it's evolved into a 'proper' photographer's blog. http://patricialaydorsey.blogspot.com/
So glad I stumbled on her work.
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