The Daily Life of a Paraplegic Young Artist

A unique coming-of-age story, Frida Forever documents the daily life of Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø, an artist who became paraplegic at age 14. An intimate series influenced by women writers who advocate for the visibility of sick, brutalized, powerful bodies.

“Frida Forever was never a planned project, a structured concept. It was born from a state of being: I was there, I was sick, and I was a photographer – so, I took photos,” says Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø. At 14, the Danish artist fell over 4 meters...

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