Photographer Uses His Super Powers to Transforms Sick Kids into Superheroes

In photographer Josh Rossi’s world, kids are superheroes. The dad took a series of photos of his own daughter dressed as Wonder Woman, and the Internet loved it. The photo shoot prompted the families of very sick children to contact Rossi about photographing their kids — the bravest superheroes of all.

Rossi found six children in his network of friends who were battling either cancer or very serious diseases. Over two months, he and his team focused on transforming the kids into well-known heroes. The project took time, in part, because all the costumes were custom-made, and the superheroes that were chosen were in some way related to the children themselves.

The Huffington Post spoke with Rossi:

“For example, Teagan, who first of all loves Superman, was born with half of a heart. He has a similar weakness to Superman. Superman’s heart grows weak when he is next to kryptonite,” Rossi told HuffPost.

“Kayden’s story was similar to Cyborg’s in that he almost died at birth but his mother chose to keep him alive and the doctors had to amputate both legs,” he added. “Cyborg is similar because after a bad accident he was going to die but his father kept him alive by giving him robotic parts.”