The human camera Stephen Wiltshire By Iriana Kouka

The human camera: Stephen Wiltshire By Iriana Kouka

Stephen Wiltshire u Stephen Wiltshire (born April 24, 1974) is an architectural artist who has been diagnosed with autism. u Stephen draws and paints detailed cityscapes. He has an extraordinary talent for drawing , accurate representations of cities, sometimes after having only observed them for just a few minutes.

Stephen Wiltshire u Wiltshire was mute and at the age of three was diagnosed as autistic u At the age of five, Stephen was sent to Queensmill School in London where he expressed interest in drawing u His teachers encouraged his drawing and with their help Wiltshire learned to speak at the age of nine u When he was ten, Wiltshire drew some of London landmarks, one for each letter, that he called a "London Alphabet“.

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Stephen Wiltshire u In May 2005 Stephen produced his longest ever panoramic memory drawing of Tokyo on a 10 -metre long canvas within seven days following a short helicopter ride over the city. Since then he has drawn Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem and London on giant canvasses

Stephen Wiltshire u New York

Stephen Wiltshire u Rome

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Stephen Wiltshire u Sydney

Stephen Wiltshire In 2006, Stephen Wiltshire was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to art u In July 2009 he was an ambassador of the Children's Art Day in the United Kingdom. His work is now popular all over the world u

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