Double Take

by Connolly, Kevin Michael

• ISBN13: 9780061791529
• ISBN10: 0061791520
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-25
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Kevin Michael Connolly is a twenty-four-year-old man who has seen the world in a way most of us never will. Whether swarmed by Japanese tourists at Epcot Center as a child or holding court at the X Games on his mono-ski, Kevin Connolly has been an object of curiosity since the day he was born without legs. Growing up in rural Montana, he was raised like any other kid (except, that is, for his father's MacGyver-like contraptions such as the "butt boot"). As a college student, Kevin traveled to seventeen countries on his skateboard, including Bosnia, China, Ukraine, and Japan. In an attempt to capture the stares of others, he took more than 30,000 photographs of people staring at him. In this dazzling memoir, Kevin Connolly casts the lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is to truly see another person. From the home of his family in Helena, Montana, to the streets of Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur, Kevin's remarkable journey will change the way you look at others, and the way you see yourself.

Author Biography

Born without legs, raised in Montana, and now a skateboarding world traveler, Kevin Michael Connolly has seen the world in a way most people never will. His internationally acclaimed photo series, The Rolling Exhibition, which encompasses seventeen countries and more than 30,000 photographs of people staring at him, has been featured in museums and galleries around the world.

Table of Contents

Birth Day	p. 1
Adaptations	p. 9
What If?	p. 15
Playground	p. 27
Standard Issue	p. 37
Dirtbags	p. 47
Blind Support	p. 57
Wounded Vigilante	p. 69
Skateboard	p. 81
Forced Blessings	p. 97
Snapshot	p. 121
Going for Broke	p. 131
Money Motivations	p. 145
The Dog Show	p. 155
Tokyo Story	p. 165
Slow Dancing	p. 173
Sarajevo Roses	p. 189
Parting	p. 201
Home	p. 211
epilogue: Old Hands	p. 223
Acknowledgments	p. 229
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