"I'm a work of art too" - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

In the framework of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania and the Down Syndrome Albania Foundation, will open the exhibition: “I am also a work of art”, > in Strabourg, France.
Photos of children with Down syndrome, which represent world-famous art paintings, will be exhibited from 2 December 2016 to 9 January 2017, near the Agora building, Council of Europe.
The exhibition will mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3, 2016).
“I am also a work of art” is an idea realized by the Albanian photographer Soela Zani, in collaboration with the Down Syndrome Albania Foundation and costume designer Lilo Shehu.
The exhibition consists of the conversion of 18 famous paintings, such as “The Infant Samuel”, “Harriet Ann Seale”, “Master John Heathcote”, “Child with Dove”, etc., into photographs, where the characters of the paintings have been replaced by children with Down syndrome.