Blind photographer captures mouth and feet artists to challenge stereotypes

Tom Yendell, who was born without arms due to the drug Thalidomide, creates bold, graphic paintings using his mouth and feet (Ian Treherne/PA) -

A blind photographer who captured artists with disabilities that paint using their mouths or feet has said he hopes to challenge “stereotypical views of disability”.

Ian Treherne, 46, known as The Blind Photographer, was born with RP Type 2 Usher Syndrome, a condition that causes both blindness and deafness and sees a 5% pinhole of sight.