A Selwyn PhD student, Rashmi Becker, has been leading a project to capture photographs of people across the UK with learning disabilities and autism. Rashmi, who was also an undergraduate at the College, is behind a book and exhibition depicting images of people with a learning disability. It challenges negative perceptions by highlighting their everyday moments and their milestones in life – from leaving school to getting married.

The book was undertaken with Jerwood Photography prize winner Polly Braden, who spent two years travelling the country photographing people and capturing their stories. As well as helping to turn this into a beautiful book, Rashmi worked with the National Media Museum in Bradford to host a major exhibition in their main gallery which will run until mid-April. The picture (below) shows Rashmi, left, at the opening of the exhibition.

Rashmi will be continuing her PhD in Cambridge’s Department of Psychiatry, where her research focuses on improving care for people with a learning disability.