M I C H E L L E 7
 

 

Terry Palka
Canadian photographer Terry Palka is afflicted with Scoliosis. When she was eight her parents left their native Czechoslovakia for Canada hoping to secure better treatment for their daughter. Terry is grown up now, resides in Edmonton, Alberta, and underwent her most recent back surgery just a short time ago. The hope is that this last operation will prevent her condition from worsening - but it's not expected to get any better. 

It goes without saying that her Scoliosis has forced major adjustments in her life as well as her family's. Living with such a condition would tear down many. But Terry has risen above the condition, transcended it, cradled it. Not only has she survived its remorseless onslaught, she has actually blossomed. She has grown into a beautiful young woman with only a hint of frailty about her. And she has made her Scoliosis, and its devastation to her back, the focal point of her art work. 

It was only a few years ago that she started taking pictures, self-portraits mostly. Except for two classes in black & white photography, which was mostly related to darkroom procedures, she has never undergone any formal training. Nonetheless, she had a vision firmly fixed and set about creating a body work that not only documented the scars from her battle with Scoliosis, but her physical gifts as well. Indeed, the most striking quality to many of her images is her own graceful beauty. The scar tissue is there as well, blatantly so in some cases, but in no way is it overpowering. It might even be viewed as a mechanism of vulnerability.
 
CONTACT INFORMATION
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Email: terka27@hotmail.com
Website: diversify.nu 
 
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