Anastas Tarpanov

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Fairy tale

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Location: Sofia

Nationality: bulgarian

Biography: Anastas Tarpanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1980. His career started in 2006 and in 2014 he received the 2nd award in the Sports Feature category of World Press Photo. After 2015 he moved to long-term documentary projects. The main topics... MORE

Iveta sitting in her home waiti... is a common situation for her.

Iveta sitting in her home waiting for her mother to return from some duties. Unable to walk this is a common situation for her.

Iveta's mother Mariana ...helping for this daily routine.

Iveta's mother Mariana is climbing the stairs in their block to go the elevator. The weight of Iveta is almost 40kg which is not helping for this daily routine.

Only in the last couple of year...o develop their full potential.

Only in the last couple of years, there are programs for helping such kids with training and sport and for the grown-up, it’s a little bit too late to develop their full potential.

Special wheelchair for offroad ...urf camp organized by Parakids.

Special wheelchair for offroad terrain is helping Iveta to get to the beach as part of summer surf camp organized by Parakids.

Even though it’s comm...ting on the sofa or at the bed.

Even though it’s common for people to stare at her when she is out and she hates it, it’s better than at home sitting on the sofa or at the bed.

Every Monday Iveta and her moth...local hypermarket for shopping.

Every Monday Iveta and her mother Mariana are going to to a local hypermarket for shopping.

Lunch in the Children and/or Yo...sier if someone is helping her.

Lunch in the Children and/or Young People with Disabilities day centre with the help of one of the workers. The spoons are specially designed for people with palsy, but it’s still faster and easier if someone is helping her.

Photo albums from Iveta&#39...as mostly spent on the seaside.

Photo albums from Iveta's childhood that was mostly spent on the seaside.

Even on holiday taking care of ...ssible moment for rest is used.

Even on holiday taking care of Iveta can be very exhausting so every possible moment for rest is used.

Iveta standing with her mother ...ing act of their acting season.

Iveta standing with her mother in the school's rehearsal theatre room before the start of a theatre performance which was the closing act of their acting season.

Final moments of the play at th...p;#39;s dream for a whole year.

Final moments of the play at the school's theatre. This was Iveta's dream for a whole year.

Parakids is promoting the sport...nts in all of their activities.

Parakids is promoting the sport to kids with disabilities and for the last couple of years, Iveta is one of the main participants in all of their activities.

Iveta during a rehearsal of a c... with her teacher Pavlina Tarr.

Iveta during a rehearsal of a children theatre group with her teacher Pavlina Tarr.

The wound on Iveta’s ...or her together with screaming.

The wound on Iveta’s hand is from self-harming in situations when she disagrees with her mother. Unable to run as other teenagers do it this the only escape for her together with screaming.

Iveta in a short intimate momen...seen her in a couple of months.

Iveta in a short intimate moment with her father Ventsislav, who hadn’t seen her in a couple of months.

After waking up every morning I... the necessary morning routine.

After waking up every morning Iveta is forced to lay in the bed waiting for her mother to help her get out of the bed and do the necessary morning routine.

Iveta and her mother Mariana st...as a little exercise for Iveta.

Iveta and her mother Mariana standing in the yard of their house enjoying the evening and as a little exercise for Iveta.

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Public Story

Fairy tale

Date of Work Dec 1969 - Dec 1969

Updated Feb 2021

Location bulgaria

Topics Cerebral palsy, Children, Disability, Documentary, Editorial, Emotion, Girl, Growing, Parenting & Family, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Teens, Youth

Iveta Stambolska 17 years old girl born during the 31st week with Cerebral Palsy and Spastic Quadriplegia. She is dependent on her mother and is unable to take care of herself, but she is very active with sport and art and her dream is to be theatre actress and to be independent after she turns 18 years.

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