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1996 Paralympics Equestrian PORTRAIT OF SPIRIT Poster

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1996 Paralympics Equestrian PORTRAIT OF SPIRIT Poster
This moving poster - with photography by Billy Howard - features paralympic equestrian competitor Lauren McDevitt. It was created for the Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996:Title: "Portrait of Spirit" 18 × 24 Excellent condition; has been stored rolled; never mounted, matted or framed This from the Paralympics very informative web site: "The Paralympics are elite sport events for athletes from six different disability groups. They emphasize, however, the participants' athletic achievements rather than their disability. The movement has grown dramatically since its first days. The number of athletes participating in Summer Paralympic Games has increased from 400 athletes from 23 countries in Rome in 1960 to 3806 athletes from 136 countries in Athens in 2004." * * Billy Howard's work has been exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of The Library of Congress, the High Museum of Art, The Carter Presidential Center and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His work has been featured on "Good Morning America," "CBS This Morning," NPR's "Performance Today," in the HBO special "And the Band Played On," and the TBS special "The Coming Plague."