Photography: Power and Movement: Portraits of Britain's Paralympic Athletes, By Richard Booth

Sunday 08 January 2012 01:00 GMT

(Richard Booth)

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Somehow evoking movement and stillness at the same time, the commercial photographer Richard Booth's graceful monochrome portraits of Britain's confirmed and hopeful 2012 paralympians also seek, as he says in his introduction, to "redefine traditional perceptions of disability, fitness and power".

Shown above, the 19-year-old wheelchair tennis player and Australian Open quarter-finalist Jordanne "The Princess" Whiley, reaching for greatness.

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