Gabriel Yum and Clarisse Quirit, third and fourth from left, respectively, with, from left, patients Belita Jones, George Jensen, and Brian Ulysee.
Self-discovery, independence, and appreciating others while recovering from an injury were among the topics captured in a photo exhibit featuring 61 patients and employees in the Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine that was displayed in the Guggenheim Pavilion in late January.
The exhibit was hosted by Recreational Therapy and the portraits were accompanied by expressive stories and quotes from the subjects.
“When people read the stories, they can relate,” says Gabriel Yum, an undergraduate intern with the Department and one of the exhibit’s creators, who conducted the interviews and took the photographs under the supervision of Clarisse Quirit, CTRS, Recreational Therapist.
“I want people to understand that they matter.” The exhibit was modeled after Humans of New York, the popular photoblog and book that features photographs and stories of everyday people in New York City.