ABOUT

black and white reflection of young woman standing and holding a camera

I am Heather C. Markham-Creasman.

Disability is personal to me. I've been living with a progressive muscular dystrophy my whole life, and been aware of its affects on me since 1990. It's been slowly stealing my ability to walk and reach.

reflection of woman sitting on wheelchair in a maxi dress with a flower lei around her neck

My current life

My high school sweetheart found me again after a 35-year absence, and we were married in 2024. We decided to start our new life together in the center of Arizona's wine tourism.

We are avid travelers and museum-goers. To promote my book, Rough Waters, we took a 22-day road trip in the summer of 2023. To see my photographs in galleries overseas, in December 2023 we went to Madrid, Barcelona, and Paris; and, in 2024, we went to Budapest and Vienna.

My power wheelchair affects how I move through and view the world. While it is not my identity, it does (conveniently) provide a steady surface from which to photograph the world as I move through it. I am grateful to the international photography community that has awarded some of my images and selected them for gallery shows.

I am continuing to write, working on my next book(s) and articles, and to photograph.

We share our home with our newly adopted four-year-old cat, Dolly.

Book at Cafe DuMonde in New Orleans on a table with coffee and beignets
Heather sitting on her power wheelchair bundled in a sweater and lap parka wearing sunglasses and a hat holding her camera supported by a robotic arm -- she's in a park
Reflection of Heather in a train window as it pulls into the station in Paris
Sleek long haired calico cat with crossed eyes sitting on a stool at a kitchen island

Although 1 in 8 people in the US have a mobility disability which causes serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs, disability is much broader than just this. 93% of disabilities are invisible.

Common Barriers Experienced by People with Disabilities:

PHYSICAL

Including:

  • steps,

  • inaccessible bathrooms,

  • inaccessible pathways

COMMUNICATIONS

Including:

  • written messages that prevent access by people with vision impairments,

  • audio messages that prevent access by people with hearing impairment,

  • over complicated / technical language that prevent access by people with cognitive impairment.

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