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Kevin Michael Connolly is an American photographer who was born without legs. He has made a collection of photographs of people's reactions to him as he traveled the world, and published it on the Internet. == Early life == Connolly was born in Helena, Montana in August, 1985.〔("The Rolling Exhibition: Contact and Bio" ). Retrieved March 21, 2008.〕 He was born without legs, as a "'sporadic birth defect,' which is basically the doctors saying they don't know what happened.", he says.〔("Man Without Legs Harnesses Public Gaze" ), by Bob Brown, ''20/20'', ABC News, January 1, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2008.〕 His parents didn't coddle him; as a toddler he wasn't treated any differently than his sisters, Meagan and Shannon, and grew up floating rivers and climbing mountains. His parents enrolled him in gymnastics, and wrestling, which gave him the agility and upper body strength to flip himself onto counters and do handstands. At the age of 10, he started skiing, with a custom designed monoski.〔("A legless artist documents the world in 32,000 stares" ), by Ray Sikorski, ''The Christian Science Monitor'', January 22, 2008 edition. Retrieved March 21, 2008.〕 He was good enough at skiing to win a silver medal at the X Games extreme sports competition.〔("What Are You Looking At?" ), by Kevin Sites, Yahoo! People of the Web, March 19, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2008.〕 He travels mostly by propelling himself with his arms on his skateboard, rarely using his wheelchair, and not using a pair of prosthetic legs since age 12.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kevin Connolly (photographer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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