I am what I call a “phoblographer“. I’ve worked for the likes of PCMagazine, Geek.com, Magnum Photos and others. My vision started declining when I was in High School. I can see better in my right eye than my left. While shooting, I sometimes take my glasses off to be able to see the world in two different perspectives: crystal clear (with everything in focus) and blurry except at a close range (which through my eyes actually looks a bit like the bokeh from a lens).
Photography, videography, writing and music are my lives.
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Hey Chris, I have been following you extensivly on twitter and this blog. It is very inspiring and very informational. I have talked over some people about the possiblitly of putting together a blind photographer photo book and if this something you guys might be interested in you can contact me at tj@synetmedia.com. I think it would be a great opportunity. Look forward to talking with you.
TJ Dinsmoor
Do you travel for speaking engagements? Am preparing a tactile Exhibit for the Muscarelle Museum at the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, VA and am looking for an artist who is either blind or has low vision. Dates are open. Please write if you are interested. Your work is beautiful. Thanks, Shirley
Hi Apollo- Thanks, we’re talking about it.
Hi Shirley- As a college graduate I really don’t have the money to travel but I’m very flattered by the opportunity.
HI Chris, Where do you live? Shirley
New York City
Do you travel alone? Where in NY? Shirley
[...] 2010 January 27 tags: Blind, Low-Vision, Photography by pghjared I was recently introduced to Chris Gampat’s work on Blind Photographers. The site includes a great collection of work by blind or otherwise [...]
Hi Chris
I have a friend who is developing a new play about a photographer who is visually impaired. As it’s in development, he’d like people to come & see it and give him some feedback afterwards. If anyone is interested, here are the details:
2 free shows at Central School of Speech & Drama
Wed 6 Oct 6pm & Thurs 7 Oct 7pm
Free entry to anyone visually impaired, + 1 assistant/friend
2 shows: Foto (20mins) In the Tunnel (20 mins)
In total the performances last 40 minutes, with an optional 20 minute discussion to follow.
Rehearsal Rooms 1 & 2
Foto A short scene about photography and focus inspired by the work of visually impaired photographers.
In the Tunnel – Written and performed by Nadia Adame. A short monologue set in a familiar and unfamiliar space.
Director Mark Swetz is the co-director of Compañía y in Madrid and London. For the last several years has worked on integrating artists and audiences with and without disabilities. His practice-based research is on Blind Spectatorship. For details or to attend, please contact Mark via mark.swetz@cssd.ac.uk
Address Central School of Speech & Drama Eton Avenue London NW3 3HY
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7722 8183
Hi Chris,
my name is Gaia. I’m an Italian, 28 years old girl who moved to NYC 5 months ago.
Here I work as Associate Creative Director at an advertising agency and I’m a photographer too!
I’m contacting you because I’d like to realize an ambitious project of mine.
What I’d like to do is showing through photography how significant can be the point of view of a visually impaired. The project, I will probably entitle “Just another point of view”, would be a social reportage to sensitize people on visual impairment.
The core idea is that of spending one day together, walking around Manhattan (or wherever) taking photos with two different cameras. Whenever you feel like photographing something, basing your decision on your senses, I’ll try to take exactly the same photo. The result will be a double shooting of the City from these two different points of view. The photos might be accompanied by audio, written material as well as collected into a blog in order to reach and sensitize a largest number of people through the web.
So..if that is something you could feel like doing, please contact me! It will be terrific!
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Many thanks,
Gaia