Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Can Draw Entire Cities From Memory

British Artist Stephen Wiltshire can draw a huge landscape completely from memory. Wiltshire, who recently drew a detailed sketch of New York after a 45-minute helicopter ride over the city, has a photographic memory and autism, which he was diagnosed with when he was 3. At 5, he started drawing, and was discovered to have a savant-like talent. By the time Wiltshire turned 8, the British Prime Minister commissioned his first work. Now, he’s become famous for his skyline drawings, which sell for thousands o
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