Bruce Hall and Corinne Marinnan Discussing Blind Photography

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 directed by our own Neil Leifer, co-produced by Neil and Corinne, and featuring Bruce Hall along with two other blind photographers (Pete Eckert and Henry Butler) called "Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers."

Dark Light

The blog has a great series of photos from the event. There are tons of good links as well. Bruce Hall is one of the photographers feature in Dark Light. Connie, who is also visually impaired, is a writer and producer for television. You can learn more about the documentary on its Facebook page: Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers. “The Annenberg Space for Photography is an entirely new cultural destination dedicated to exhibiting both digital and print photography in an intimate environment.” Bruce Hall is a well known blind photographer.

Tim O’Brien is a regular columnist on Blind Photographers. Legally blind, Tim writes about accessibility, photography and, occasionally, both together. You can find out more about Tim on his blog or by following him on twitter.

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Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers

As spotted on Twitter, Bruce Hall with Corinne Marrinan are presenting A Conversation About the Film Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers Thursday, February 4, 6:30-8:00pm as part of the IRIS Nights Lecture Series at The Annenberg Space for Photography in LA. The film that they will be discussing, Dark Light,  is a documentary short “featuring Henry Butler, Pete Eckert & Bruce Hall and is directed by Neil Leifer. Corinne Marrinan is one of the film’s producers.

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“The Blind Photographer is a 2009 thirty minute short film by multi-award-winning filmmakers Isaiah Headen and Dustin Harrison-Atlas. It is the story of James Davis, a teenage photography prodigy who loses his vision in an accident and struggles to regain his confidence in the face of his new reality. All seems lost after the art school of his dreams removes him from the program, but he’s given a second chance to resubmit his portfolio, as a blind photographer. In the midst of unstable relationships with his demanding father, cold stepmother and insecure girlfriend, he must figure out a way to shoot photographs through the eyes of others. It is a film that tests the human spirit, redefines family and warms the soul.”

I met with the producer, Isaiah Headen, a few weeks ago when he drove down to Chapel Hill to learn a bit more about the realities of being a visually-impaired photographer. While feeding Isaiah a much needed sandwich, we discusses how I make photographs, this community of blind photographers and the broad continuum of visual impairments and the myriad ways that we have used to adapt. The filmmakers also want to broaden understanding of these issue. “Today, one out of five Americans have a disability and 9.1 million of those have a sensory disability (vision or hearing loss). The Blind Photographer serves to encourage those with disabilities to be involved in the artistic community while changing the general perception of what disabled individuals can accomplish through art.”

As the film progresses, you can expect updates, interviews and a review here on BP. For now, here is the trailer:

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