Belkisa as “Las Meninas” by Diego Velasquez
by Margot Pierce
Albanian photographer Soela Zani has captured an inspiring series of photographs, featuring children with Down Syndrome recreating famous classical paintings. Zani’s project is of great significance as it highlights the beauty in everyone and raises awareness of individuals with special needs.
Zani said that working with children with Down Syndrome was like working with children without the Syndrome, as both sides are equally unpredictable and easily manipulated!
Adorable!
Irma as “The Dancer” by Pierre Auguste Renoir
Vanesa as “Master John Heathcote” by Thomas Gainsborough
Krenardi as “The son of Man” by Rene Magritte
Iris as “Gabrielle Arnault as a Child” by Louis-Léopold Boilly
Lela as “The Infant Samuel” by Joshua Reynolds
Irma as “Julie Manet” by Pierre Auguste Renoir
Irma as “Prima Ballerina” by Edgar Degas
Emiljano as “Boy and Rabbit” by Henry Raeburn
Flavio as “The Fifer” by Edouart Manet
Eta as “Sister Tone” by Kol Idromeno
Arbi as “Paulo as Harlequin” by Pablo Picasso
Marvin as “Master Bunbury” by Joshua Reynolds
Eljana as “Child with dove” by Pablo Picasso
Belkisa as “Clara Serena Rubens” by Peter Paul Rubens
Megi as “Miss Bowles” by Joshua Reynolds
Vanesa as “Harriet Ann Seale” by John Hoppner
Gazi as “Mr Loulou” by Paul Gauguin