A display at the ongoing India Photo Festival 2023 in Hyderabad aims at celebrating abilities and empowering the differently-abled. The exhibition has works of 20 finalists, including three winners of the second edition of the Global Ability Photography Challenge (GAPC), organised by Hyderabad-based Youth4Jobs in partnership with the Indian Photo Festival (IPF). While its first edition had a national representation, the second edition has global participation.
Youth4Jobs founder, Meera Shenoy, never dreamt about this kind of a response for the contest.’ “The best part was the participation of physically- and mentally-challenged people. The Right to Persons with Disabilities Act recognises 21 disabilities, of which 18 were represented here,” she says.