Florist and Photographer Team to Use Special Needs Kids as Models

"Changing the Face of Beauty" project gathering momentum as parents and children connect with neighborhood businesses.

In April, Beverly florist Steve English and Palos Park photographer Katie Driscoll tag-teamed for a project to use special needs children in ad campaigns. A few months later, word of mouth spread so quickly that one of Driscoll’s photos made the cover of the summer edition of Chicago Special Parent magazine and one of Driscoll’s blog entries was featured on Maria Shriver’s website. The project, called Changing the Face of Beauty, is gaining steam and English is helping to coordinate and connect parents and children with local businesses. “I thought it would be interesting to take a child that was not considered beautiful by society’s standards or children who were treated as invisible and photograph them for ads,” English said. “I said to …

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