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Pictures Without A CameraStephen Wiltshire, a not-so normal person in London is, well, not so normal. He is a college student, majoring in visual art. Not only is his art spectacular, but his memory is photographic. His art is sights he’s seen, everyday things that he liked. He plays piano and you would think he’d be great, knowing that his memory is incredible, but if he messes up on one thing, it’s impossible to fix. When the media found out about his photographic memory, they wanted to proof. So they took him on a 15-minute helicopter ride around London. When he got back, he was told to draw what he saw on the ride. He received a very large piece of paper, and started to draw. When he finished, the media wanted to see that he didn’t just draw buildings and houses. So, they resolved the problem by calling in random people to find there houses on the drawing. All of the people found their houses and apartments and said they look almost exactly the same. Stephen was asked to draw other cities, such as Rome and Tokyo, which he did. “It’s autism,” people say. “It’s not natural.”Stephen does have signs of autism, eating the exact same lunch every single day is not really normal but, who cares?After Stephen did the tasks the media asked, they made it into a program called “The Human Camera” and he still makes art today.