Blind Photographers » The Blind Buzz http://blog.blindphotographers.org By, for and about blind and visually-impaired photographers Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:21:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Blind Buzz: Photographs of Blind People by Stefano di Luigi http://blog.blindphotographers.org/the-blind-buzz-photographs-of-blind-people-by-stefano-di-luigi/ http://blog.blindphotographers.org/the-blind-buzz-photographs-of-blind-people-by-stefano-di-luigi/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:11:22 +0000 The Blind Buzz http://blog.blindphotographers.org/?p=985 If you have ever come across my blog before, you’ll already know that photography by blind people is something of a passion with me.

I have hardly ever paid any heed to photos OF blind people, which tend to be, in my experience, miserable images of pity, and often purely voyeuristic. Often, the sighted person’s idea of us blind people is that we somehow live in the dark. Never mind that someone who is totally blind may never have grasped the concept of darkness, and those of us who can still see a bit may not want to embrace the idea of darkness either.

That’s what drew me to
Blanco by Stefano de Luigi (article and slide-show).

Here, the photographer starts from white light (hence the title, “Blanco”, Italian for “white”). Add all the colours together, and, if they’re radiant colours, at least, they make white.

These photos are not eye-candy. Stefano de Luigi has spent several years photographing blind people in many situations, and understands the complexity of blind people’s lives. The photography may be highly intrusive, but mere voyeurism it ain’t.

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Blind photographer celebrates nature in ‘Seasons’ | weston, photography, blind – Entertainment – The Orange County Register – – Kurt Weston, and the “Seasons in the Prayer Garden”


[Video] Blind Photography – Students at the Rancho Mirage, CA campus of the Braille Institute of America share their thoughts and photographs during a field trip to the Moorten Botanical Gardens in Palm Springs. Students range from partially sighted to totally blind.


Crossroads: Featured Photograph – this is part of the Blind Photographers’ site where a mem ber shows an image and puts some context around it. The member this time was Alex de Jong.


Field Review: Nikon D3s (Day 1) – visually impaired photographer takes this new camera for a test run.


Off the Wall: “BORDERLAND” by Thomas Ferrella – 9 portraits by this photographer are combined with poetry written in Braille on the photographs. These were exhibited earlier this year at the Wisconsin council of the Blind and Visually Impaired.


Onscreen ruler, magnifier, and more – Free Download A Day – this free portable app for Windows, PMeter, may help you edit your photos.


[DOC] WHITE STICK AS SYMBOL OF BLINDNESS – HISTORY – seems James Biggs, a photographer from Bristol, blinded in the First World War, was largely responsible for adopting the white stick as a symbol for blindness in the UK.

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Exhibition for London or New York – Blinkie Photography -Andrew Follows has a chance to put on an exhibition in either city.


Exhibit shows artists “inner vision” | courier-journal.com – last Saturday, there was an exhibition at the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany featuring Louisville artists C.J. Pressma and Keith Kleespies, including photography.


Gadgets for the Visually Impaired – Design Concepts – several devices that may never come to market but are full of good ideas.


The Amazing Art of Disabled Artists – striking works by people with visual impairments and other disabilities.


Trey Ratcliff – NEIU Photography Blog – he is a travel photographer, blind in one eye, who uses HDR (high dynamic range) techniques to capture his images. See his site
Stuck In Customs HDR Photography

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Bradford Smith Photography Facebook Page – goes along with
Bradford Smith Photography – if you haven’tcaught up with this remarkable Australian photographer yet, well, you’re in for a treat.


Camera for the Blind by Nadeem Haidary » Yanko Design – as far as I know, this camera has only reached the concept stage so far.


Can We Talk Shop? » Overexposed – not aimed at blind photographers, but at anyone who may be considering photography as a profession. Some useful links are included.


Photographer captures nature under new light | Daily Titan – Kurt Weston’s latest work, “Seasons in the Prayer Garden”, is on show at Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton until March 28th. The photographs show natural subjects but with the light manipulated to show colours that he believes are healing. Also visit
Blind photographer’s work displayed in Fullerton


Photography and Blindness in London « marta douglass about the recent exhibition supported by PhotoVoice.


Reuben Krabbe » Foveas and Photographs – start of a series that explores the relationship between sight and photography.


Tactile Graphics Resources – useful information for creating tactile diagrams and maps.

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A Blind Eye « Thoughts in Random Access – legally blind but interested in photography?

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Color Blindness and Photography – RailPictures.Net Forums – discussion thread about dealing with photo editing.


Craig Royal: Featured Photographer | Blind Photographers – first of a new feature on Blind Photographers where one photographer gives an interview and shows some images. Craig Royal is a legally blindfine art photographer from Florida.

More on Craig Royal.


Moments the Blind Can See – MidnightEast » Blog Archive – blind photographers in Israel have an exhibition during March at the Windows Gallery at the Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv.


photographing blind, other ways to see – night, rain, lights – a photographer’s anxieties about worsening sight prompt thoughts about alternative ways of seeing.

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Books from National Braille Press


Bruce Hall and Corinne Marinnan open our eyes to Blind Photography! – describes a presentation of the film “Dark Light” where Bruce Hall was present.


Kate Moss in a veil and other fashion photos by Albert Watson « Utopia Parkway – Albert Watson’s exhibition in Brussels is mostly 80s/90s fashion photography.


Multisensory Perception – Yasmin List Blog – notes on synaesthesia.


New technology editor, Peter op ‘t Hof, for ECO: On blindness and the arts] – accessibleimage – FreeLists – research topic suggestions welcome at the site.

http://www.blindnessandarts.com/


Photography Assignment #64 – Zoo Photography – Liz’s Photography Blog – just for fun, photograph an animal you wouldn’t normally get the chance to come across.


[PDF] Tactile Picture Books in Sweden – explains the basics of tactile books, the importance of pictures in child development, how to read tactile picture books production methods and gives information about the Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille. English language.


[Book] Wednesday Is Indigo Blue – Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia by Richard E. Cytowic and David M. Eagleman


YASMIN, moderated list for art-science-technology interactions around the Mediterranean Rim. Mostly in English.

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A Janela Da Alma (Window of the Soul): Documentary on Blind Photography | Blind Photographers – a Brazilian film from 2003 about blind photographers.

New York Times article

Review in Portuguese

Google translation into English

[PDF] Another review (English)

Albert Watson: Photography | Daily Art Fixx

Touch the Earth Tactile Book Released – accessibleimage – interesting because the book represents images in graphical and tactile formats, with large print and Braille explanations.

[Book] Zen and the Magic of Photography – O’Reilly Media

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APH Museum: Enter the InSights Art Competition for visually impaired artists in the U.S and around the world. Entries in by April 15th (adults) , April 1st ( school students).


Albert Watson at Young Gallery – IDbazaar – Home Page – Design & Art sourcing website » Blog Archive – Albert Watson is blind in one eye, and has had a high-profile photographic career, including photos for magazines, fashion and royalty.


Being a color blind photographer — Scott Wyden Imagery – some of the problems, and some useful sites.


Blind people in Delhi click photographs – dnaindia.com – more good stuff about the ‘Blind With Camera’ project in India.


[Video] blind photography feb 1, 2010, 5:47 PM – girl takes pictures with blindfold on, and challenges you to do the same.


Beyond Sight: Blind Photography in China | GlobalGiving – support blind people’s photographic activities in China, with the aim of reducingthe stigma of visual impairment.


ItalyTraveller experience. | The image museum – he museum, in Florence, includes the Touch Gallery, where some of the images are presented in tactile form.


I love this book! | dTour Photography – student describes “The Black Book of Colors”, which has no colors, but has raised diagrams and braille text, emulating the world as experienced by a blind child.


Make Your Travel Pictures Talk: Fotobabble – this service will let you add a soundtrack from your microphone to photos you upload to it.
PhotoBabble Web Site


Norman Taylor: A shed load of art – Theatre & Arts, Entertainment – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – when he started to lose his sight, Norman Taylor took many photographs of his garden shed. Some of them are soon to appear in an exhibition. Also visit
Norman’s Old Shed | Norman Taylor Photography

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A Partially Blind Art Lover – “The World Through Vision Enhancers” – Jo Baaklini in Lebanon has several interests, including photography.


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An iPad Camera? | tim o’brien photos – future iPad models may have a camera, and give VI photographers a large display to work with.


Dog’s Eye View – the author, with a couple of physics degrees and a couple of dogs, makes use of photography and video in her blog. One of the dogs is her guide dog.


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[Video] Lifting the Blindfold;The Seeing With Photography Collective | CameraSLRreviews.com – Mozilla Firefox#vLifting the Blindfold;The Seeing With Photography Collective | CameraSLRreviews.com – the video shows the light-painting techniques used by New York’s Seeing With Photography Collective. This is not a new item, but is well worth watching again.


Yorkshire Sculpture Park University Project – If I’m reading this right, 5 Huddersfield University students are looking at the market for potential Friends of the Park. The Park functions, amongst other things, as a place to display the sculptures of Henry Moore and other sculptors. Included in the blog is an
article on blind photography, though I must admit I’m not sure I get the connection.

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BBC – Pods and Blogs | Blind Photographers – modesty forbids, and all that, but this is a pointer to a BBC article on a certain British blind photographer.
Haiti, BIL and accessibility is a BBC page where you can read more.


Being a color blind photographer — Scott Wyden Imagery


Blind With Camera » Photo Gallery – work from blind photographers in Mumbai.


Images Without Sight – “Process is as much an artistic experience as the object created. In this project, we follow a photographer who is blind, crafting her personal experience into a public one that can be shared by others.”

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UK Gov nationalises orphans and bans non-consensual photography in public « grassroots issues – far-reaching changes in UK law on copyright may go unnoticed by most of us. Photography in public may in effect be banned, at least if the photography is digital.

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