Echolilia: A Father's Photographic Conversation with His Autistic Son

Timothy Archibald / Redux Pictures

Elijah in a Fairy Tale
We had a large plastic container in the room and Eli had been playing in it the night before, putting his body all the way into it. I think I asked him if he wanted to make some photographs with it when it was sunny the next day. He started just being in it: standing, hiding beneath it. Then we realized that it could contain him lengthwise if he curled himself up like he were in an egg.

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