There is a 2001 Brazilian movie, A Janela Da Alma (Window of the Soul), about blind photographers. The New York Times has a review of the movie. From the NY Times: “Brazilian filmmakers Joao Jardim and Walter Carvalho ponder the old adage “the eyes are the windows to the soul” as they explore vision...
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The BBC., via its BBC – Pods and Blogs, is again featuring the work of a blind photographer. The February 9, 2010, edition of this podcast talks with British photographer, Vince Thacker. Though accessibility should be incorporated into all websites, as usual on Pods and Blogs, it’s the things you do that are really...
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Not too long ago, I posted about A Conversation About the Film Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers. Well, that conversation has taken place. The Annenberg Space for Photography’s blog reports about how “Bruce Hall and Corinne Marinnan open our eyes to Blind Photography!“. The subject of the evening was a short film...
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The F-Stop Beyond podcast recently interviewed Alex de Jong, a blind photographer and integral member of the Blind Photographers community. F-Stop Beyond is “the show that started it all. There are already so many podcasts about photography that cover f-stops and Photoshop, business and branding, but host Ron Dawson couldn’t find any that really...
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I’m at a very formative stage, so I won’t be bringing the sophistication I see on other people’s threads here, because I haven’t got any. However, what I’m doing is important to me, no matter how primitive it might seem. The BlindSighted Project allows members of Blind Photographers to explore challenges related to our...
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I’ve always been a documentary/street photography kind of person. Didn’t like studio work in school either. So I’ve been searching for a long time for tools that would help me shoot on the street. The BlindSighted Project allows members of Blind Photographers to explore challenges related to our eyesight, challenges that affect our image-making...
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I tend to shoot table-top still-lifes that I have arranged. I handle and feel the objects, then arrange them in a pleasing way. Usually I use window light with maybe a reflector card to soften the shadow areas. My equipment does not have click stops which is inconvenient. I have to use a strong...
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I’m a street photographer. I see my job as finding interesting moments on the streets and capturing them, or failing that finding a visually interesting way to capture the myriad uninteresting moments. Interesting can be different things depending on circumstances: beauty, irony, humor, an unusual point of view, novelty in attire or personal expression....
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