Meeting Chris and Nick Capozziello at the POYi awards ceremony, where Chris received an award for his book, The Distance Between Us, you might not have guessed they were twins, but you knew they were brothers. At an event that both honored and examined their relationship, I saw two brothers with very different life stories sharing one experience.

The brothers grew up known as “the Capozziello twins,” bound together by society because of that unique link in the womb. One thing separates them, though: Nick was born with cerebral palsy. While they are supposed to be equals in every way, it’s impossible, and it disrupts the bond that twins are often thought to have.

Through photography, Chris has