Photographer Debbie Rasiel’s Picturing Autism, on view at SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery through June 21, presents a collective portrait of the faces, families and global communities impacted by autism. The exhibition reflects her search to understand what autism looks like across language barriers and cultural divides. Over the course of two years, Rasiel traveled across disparate landscapes to make connections, garner trust, and gain access to photograph intimate moments. From the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Cuzco, Peru, Astoria, Queens to Jakarta, East Harlem to Akureyri, Iceland, Alpine New Jersey to Oaxaca, Mexico, Rasiel seeks to highlight the shared physical manifestations of autism against a backdrop of poignant individuality.
