New Mobility

The work of VII Mentor Program photographer Nolan Ryan Trowe is featured in the September 2020 issue of New Mobility, a magazine that encourages the integration of active wheelchair users into mainstream society.

“In the four years since Nolan Ryan Trowe acquired a spinal cord injury while cliff diving, he has established himself as an award-winning photographer with a knack for documenting the intimate, often overlooked moments of daily life. His stark black and white imagery often focuses on disability and has been featured in The New York Times and various other outlets. Last fall, he was awarded first prize in Getty Images’ first-ever Disability-Focused Creative Bursary.

Trowe shot the photos in this spread over a two-year period when he lived in New York City to attend graduate school at New York University. All the photos depict his life with his friends.

‘My original name for the Getty project when I proposed it was Adopted Family, because that’s how I felt about everyone up in New York. I moved there and it was just like being adopted by this family. I felt so accepted and loved,’ he says.”