This is a unique photographic essay by a remarkable photographer and mother composed as she observed and cared for her growing daughter from birth to adolescence in the face of enduring disability. Fiona Yaron-Field has photographed her daughter Ophir in magical images of emotion, in captured moments of intimate grief, defiance, happiness, anger, tenderness, guilt, remorse and joy, up close and touching.

The author has been a professional portrait photographer and Art Psychotherapist for over fifteen years. Her work has primarily focused on 'the family'. She has worked in various community based projects teaching photography and facilitating groups of children and adults with both mental and physical disabilities. She lives in North London, UK with her husband and two daughters, Ophir and Noa. She continues to photograph them as part of an ongoing project. Up Close is her first book.