PORTRAIT ISSUE
KF
Frank Gallimore
drawing Editor In Chief
JUNE 2013
What inspires and excites you? What enriches and deepens your life or, in another sense, what do you live for? We asked you to send us a portrait of yourself that would reflect this passion of yours and as always, you’ve responded with a wonderful array of creative and surprising images. As you look through these pages of what amounts to a thoroughly diverse portrait of our signing community, we hope you’ll go on to connect (or reconnect) yourself with what inspires you. Frank Gallimore
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Dickie Hearts Photo by Zilvis Paludnevicius
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Kaori Vazquez Photo by Sarah Wilson sarahcwilson.com
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Jonathan Hall Kovacs Photo by Malihe Ghazanfari
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Aaron Wolfe-Maxwell Photo by Samreen Aziz
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Bellamie Harvard Photo by Andres Otalora
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Teresa Pichardo Photo by ??
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Marco Sotelo Self-Portrait
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Elizabeth “Lizzie� Sorkin Photo by Mich Gerson
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Heather Cronin-Smith Self-Portrait
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Wilson Velez III Photo by Chanel Gleicher
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Simone Gibbons Photo by Melanie Von Bitter
creation Rosa Lee Timm
Managing Editor
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Lauren Abott Maucere Photo by John Maucere Photo by Norma Moran
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Tyresha Collins Self Portrait
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Nazish Yaqub Photo by Hajra Yaqub
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Erika Shoemaker Photo by Sahsha Jones
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Jubil Kahn Photo by Stephen Hudgins
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Elvira Livchitis Photo by Dima Pavlov
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Zahna Moss Photo by Alisha McGraw
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Rylyn Kvarnberg Self Portrait
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Marisol Castelazo Barriga Self Portrait Tami Santimyer Self Portrait
arts
Dickie Hearts
Deaf actor from California
Kaori Vazquez
dance
Deaf Artist from New York
asl
Jonathan Hall Kovacs
Deaf Artist from Washington, DC
storytelling Bellamie Harvard
Deaf Artist from Texas
Marco Sotelo
film
Deaf Artist from Massachusetts
Heather Cronin-Smith
individuality Deaf Artist from Indiana
soccer
Simone Gibbons
GODA Athlete from Massachusetts
theatre
Aaron Wolfe-Maxwell
Deaf Artist from Canada
Teresa Pichardo
deaf-blind
Deaf International Volunteer from New York
ubuntu
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sorkin
Deaf Artist from Washington, DC
travel Wilson Velez III
Deaf Student from Washington, DC
Lauren Abott Maucere
KODA
Deaf Artist from California
cartwheeling KODA Artist from Washington, DC
style
Nazish Yaqub
Deaf Artist from New York
Jubil Khan
life
Deaf Artist from New York
photography Marisol Castelazo Barriga
Deaf Artist from Mexico
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Tami Santimyer
fashion
Deaf Artist from Washington, DC
model
Tyresha Collins
Deaf Artist from Florida
Erika Shoemaker
kickboxing Deaf Athlete from Indiana
Elvira Livchits
family
Deaf Artist from Russia
music
Sherylynn Summer
Deaf Artist from Hawaii
Zahna Moss
dance
Deaf dancer/Chemist from California
design
Rylyn Kvarnberg
Deaf Artist from Canada
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