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Layla Messner balancing on a rock by a mountain stream in Banff National Park
Nature model Layla Messner in front of a clear mountain lake in Banff National Park. By Kelly's Perspective
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Layla Messner, the Instinctual Woman, on a mountain summit by Kelly's Perspective
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Layla Messner with one hand outstretched on a mountain summit by Kelly's Perspective

This is what Invisible Disability Looks Life

Photography by Kelly’s Perspective

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Layla Messner, The Instinctual Woman, wearing a red sheath dress next to a mountain face. Photograph by Kelly's Perspective.
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Portrait of Layla Messner, the Instinctual Woman, in a waterfall by Kelly's Perspective

"I created this series to bring awareness to invisible disabilities. Disability doesn't have a look."

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Self-portrait of autistic artist Layla Messner in front of a blue abstract painting
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Closeup of a woman's middrift with jeans and a paint spattered top. By Layla Messner
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Black and white self-portrait of Layla Messner

Artist-Wife

Self-portrait Series

Self-portrait of artist Layla Messner in front of a blue painting
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Closeup of legs with fishnet stockings

"I realized my inner images for 'wife' and 'artist' were incompatible. So I created a new archetype, the Artist-Wife."

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Autistic artist Layla Messner, "The Instinctual Woman", sitting in her art studio, looking liberated and irreverent with an abstract expressionist painting behind her.
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Layla Messner Artist Self-Portrait
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Portrait of autistic artist Layla Messner sitting on a vintageJeep, by Kelly's Perspective

"She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you'd find in a second hand store." - Prince

Photography by Kelly’s Perspective

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Layla Messner sitting on a vintage yj Jeep, wearing a dress printed with her colorful art. Photo by Kelly's Perspective
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Layla Messner sitting on a vintage yj Jeep, wearing a dress printed with her colorful art and a raspberry beret. Photo by Kelly's Perspective

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