"In 2003, my son, then aged 23, became paralysed in a diving accident. As a result I became a photographer and a book No Diving has been published. The book looks at how accidents happen and life thereafter."
It's just the way of life.. every body thinks 'well it wont happen to me' but whats different to the people these accidents do happen to, and to those that live scratch free? It really can happen to any one, and its moments like these that flip not only the victims world upside down, but every bodies around them. David Graham photographs the people who these accidents happen to, including his son Nicholas, and also the places where the accidents took place.
Whats striking about these images in the book is the juxtaposition between the sadness of the victim's scenario and the serene place where the incident took place.
Accompanying these images in the book are images of the hospital theatres and the situations these people have to go through and deal with in life now, because of that one moment. It's work like this that makes us stop and appreciate life, and makes us realise that too often we take things for granted. And for making me realise how lucky i am, i have a real respect for this work.
http://www.photograhams.com/Portfolio/Personal/No-Diving/1282509_ZM7g7B/1
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