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See As No Other: Blind Photography - Academia.edu - Natalie Gilbert presents her paper on blind photography. Downloadable as PDF.
The Daily Norris � The Future? � Bradford Smith - more doggy photos, following on from yesterday's post. Norris takes to water.
The Daily Norris - Bradford Smith - Brad introduces his guide dog, with, quite naturally, some photos.
AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY WITH TONY - Beautifully Blind - "Seeing The World My Way" by Tony Giles takes you around the world with this totally blind and partially deaf author, who describes all the other sensations he had. This article introduces the book.
Impaired artists leading the way - WauwatosaNow - Rose Fortney and her daughter, Alison, are both artists who also happen to have retinitis pigmentosa. Rose works in pen and ink, and now in tactile forms, too. Alison is rarely without her camera. They want more people in the Milwaukee area to take advantage of the services of Vision Forward Association (formerly Badger).
Portraits of looks by Stefano da Luigi - portraits of people from all over th world who have different experiences of blindness. da Luigi is himself visually impaired, having ambylopia.
Photographer helps School for the Blind students take their shot | The Columbian - Gary L. Scott encouraged students from Washington State School for the Blind to work with digital cameras at a summer camp.
[Video] Snap Happy - Bangkok Post - Volunteers teach blind children how to use cameras at the Pict4All Project run by the Redemptorist Vocational School for People with Disabilities in Pattaya. The project aims to help the visually impaired develop their senses through photography. In Thai with English subtitles. Also visit The Blind Photographer : Father Ray Foundation and Teaching Photography to the blind - Pattaya Mail - Pattaya News, Communities, Opinions and much more... and finally Teaching Photography to the blind | Canon Digital Camera 101
Review: X-Rite ColorMunki Photo at The Phoblographer - if colour management is a pain to you, here's a system that may make it easier.
A Very Inspiring Interview Video of Joel Grimes by [FRAME] | Tam Nguyen - Sacramento Photographer - Joe has worked for several high-profile employers and has had assignments all over the world, winning an award for his work on the Navajo nation.... all while colourblind.
christinaanne_m photography - Christina became legally blind at the age of 22. She rediscovered her passion for photography at that point. Sorry, can't find out much more, as this site does not work with my access technology.
Voices - The Photographic Angle, a combined exhibition, including photographs from sight Unseen, appearing in various locations in the UK.
The Blind Photographer: Father Ray Foundation - students at the Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind in Thailand try their hands at photography, and now want camera phones. Video on the same story
26.08.2011 Photography Workshops | From London to Albania - My Heart Skipped - Lucy, the author, explains the challenge of working with many groups, including visually impaired photographers at PhotoVoice.
Once-Blind Artists Highlight University of Wyoming Photo Exhibit - KOWB 1290 - "Circle of Light" consists of photographs by people who have received donations of corneas and had their sight restored. On show at the University of Wyoming from September 1st.
aMANinDESIGN - John Alexander experiments with photographing blindfolded.
Fotografya.gen.tr | Sayi 24 - the latest edition has abstract photographs by visually impaired photographer Craig Royal. Many congratulations to him.
Ballarat International foto biennale | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows enthuses about this event in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, where exhibitors from around the world have contributed 90 exhibits. The event goes on until mid-September.
I'm Blind but the Revolution Isn't! - Henn Art Online - Henie Reisinger is visually impaired, but finds the LG Revolution camera-phone can photograph things that the eye cannot see. Some beautiful images included here.
Blind Photography - Learning to see � Faces of Another World - honorable mention for Seeing Beyond Sight, where you will find photos by blind teenagers.
Smartphone cameras bring independence to blind people - BBC - apps make a camera phone a visual aid.
Not Seeing is Believing : Playboy.com - well-known blind photographers Bruce Hall and Pete E Eckert contacted Playboy like so many photographers do, and take the opportunity to photograph Hiromi Oshima, Miss June 2004.
at Action For Blind People | London - here to teach photography - 'Documentally' left message and photo on gowalla. Sorry, I don't know any more than that.
World Photography Day - Ideas & Inspiration to Celebrate All Things Photo | Photojojo - the day is tomorrow, August 19th, 2011.
This Little Piggy | Losing Vision Gaining Insight - Belinda Brasley focuses on a historic carousel, and homes in on details.
Craig Royal | Best news photos: All Eyes photo blog | tampabay.com & St. Petersburg Time - interview with visually impaired photographer Craig Royal and some examples of his work.
IMG_4646_HDR � The Colour Blind Photographer - Allan Herman - an experiment with high definition and / or high dynamic range in Photoshop - not sure.
Blind With Light - Partho Bhowmick and his work training blind people to take photographs. I hope you have more luck getting through to the Indian Express site than I did.
cadel evans melbourne parade | Blinkie Photography - ~Andrew Follows was there at the right moment to capture an image of Cadel Evans, who was returning home after his triumph in the Tour de France.
?What's the best DSLR camera for someone visually impaired? - Strobist
Nokia N8 smartphone - Gary Waite special feature - another chance to see Gary's blind photography in action.
WEYMOUTH (Dorset, UK): Striking art exhibition at Safety Centre - this exhibition of art by blind and visually impaired people included many forms of art, including photography. More will be on display until mid-September.
ISO 1200 | Photography Magazine | Video Blog for professionals photographers with a poor command of English grammar! Includes a video on blind photographer Tara Miller. You may have seen this before if you have followed these listings.
[Video] blind photographers - the Blind With Camera Project in Mumbai, soundtrack mostly in ?Hindi. From TV9,Mumbai.
Queenstown: Access all (alpine) areas - Travel - NZ Herald News - Peter Hitchman, former bodyguard for Duran Duran, conducts guided walks with the aid of snow shoes in the mountains. He has taken a blind man and some elderly ladies, and caters for special interests such as photography, so I daresay a blind photographer would be quite welcome!
Blind leading the Blind, an interview with Melissa Miller and Elizabeth Nihiser - the experience of sighted photographers being blindfolded to take photographs is at least part of the story.
Residency photo workshop for the visually impaired | Enabled.in - August 13th to 15th, Goa, India.
DIYPhotography.net | Photography and Studio Lighting - projects that solve photographic problems at greatly reduced cost.
How To Camera-Paint With Light: Basic Camera Settings | Pixiq - a technique where you move the camera to do the painting.
Photography and Visual Impairment @ The Eleventh Hour - asking for ideas for funding a multi-sensory photography project in Dorset for 2012.
Looking Back on This Past Year - Moments Exposed Photography a year ago, the author wasn't at all sure about her future in photography, but now she has a photography web-site and has obviously arrived!
Looking vs. Seeing: Montclair Photographer Andrew Cohen - Montclair, NJ Patch - Andrew Cohen reflects on the mystical properties of photography.
Eye floaters: Pro Digital Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review - discussion thread. The person starting it is bothered by obtrusive floaters that are destroying their enjoyment of photography.
William Madison (blindinsightllc) on Twitter - legally blind photographer in Seattle.
[Video] Tara Miller: Blind Photographer on Vimeo - gives clues about how she operates. From Global News, Winnipeg. For more on Tara Miller, please visit Vince's Parallax: Blind Photography
Blind Photographer Andrew Follows' UK Residency and Exhibition - Facebook - like this page to follow progress. For more on Andrew Follows, please visit Vince's Parallax: Blind Photography
He May Be Blind, but Craig Royal's Photographs are Quite a Vision - Westchase, FL Patch - Legally blind photographer Craig Royal wins Florida Museum of Photographic Arts' "Best of Show." For more on Craig Royal, please visit Vince's Parallax: Blind Photography
Blind Photography | Accessibility and Technology Geek - the author is legally blind, and talks about the perceptions of blind photographers as a plus.
The Blind Photographer - Israeli site in English and Hebrew. Kfir Sivan and Iris Darel-Shinar have worked for 3 years with a group of blind photographers. There is background information on the project here, and a photo gallery.
College-Made Device Helps Visually Impaired Students See and Take Notes - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education - Arizona State University students have designed a system called Note-taker that enables visually impaired students to read the blackboard and their own work at the same time. It combines a tablet PC with a video camera.
Blind Photographer's Eyesight Improves After Artificial Cornea Transplant - Beverly Hills Courier - William Madison has always been legally blind because of aniridia. Now that he has a replacement cornea, his photography is expected to go to a new level. Blind Insight LLC - William Madison's personal site.
Microsoft Camera Codec Pack Makes RAW Files Viewable in Windows Explorer - Download the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack
fund raising thank you | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows acknowledges the sponsorship that could help him get to Edinburgh next year.
Blind high schooler a visual journalist | ASNE Missourian - 17-year-old Matt Rimirez is legally blind and has documented local events in photos and video.
Meet Joseph Monks, the first totally blind film director, and his wife Pamela Hazelton | VisionAWARE
Bringing Photography to the Blind - Alinari Photography Museum of Florence - Touch Museum has tactile versions of photographs alongside the originals. The tactile versions try to be as faithful to the original images as possible.
I am a Color blind artist and need help - short discussion on answers.yahoo.com.
Outside In At Pallant House - John O'Donaghue - disability arts online - this facility in Chichester, Southern England, is a platform for those who find it difficult to break into the art world because of disability or some other issue. Workshops, calls for submissions, and exhibitions are all under way.
West Drayton man took up sculpture after going blind - Uxbridge Gazette - Colin Hoppe says he sees more now that he is blind than he ever did before.
[Video] BlindArt Collection @ Royal National College for the Blind - the permanent exhibition at RNC Hereford includes works by blind and sighted artists.
[Video] Jorge Restrepo art for the blind Managua, Nicaragua
[Video] What Seeing is Really About - Errol Gooden, a guide at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, talks about the touch tours he gives to the blind and visually impaired. What joy the man conveys!
[Video] Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers - HBO documentary. I take it that this is a trailer.
[Audio] More Than kmegapixels Podcast #18 - topics include privacy, bluetooth trigger, micro-camera, anonymous ritics. Direct link to audio.
Understanding Light with the Photographer's Ephemeris - e-book about light in landscapes in particular.
OT: Supporting a color blind photographer - Apple Mailing Lists - technician wants suggestions.
HDR - Color blind moss - Deep Thoughts - difficult for colourblind and 'normally-sighted' people to see things the same way.
books on line! - accessibleimage mailing list - several titles relevant to blind photographers and artists.
books listed include
SMCRL Products include several programs for tactile mapping.
Local artists invited to apply for regional grants | Independent Tribune - grants on offer to residents of the Carolinas.
Photo Contest - Pro- ICAT: Accessible Tourism Promotes National Development - open to photographers in the Asia Pacific Region, the contest aims to encourage accessible tourism in Malaysia for disabled people .
Mac OS X Lion & Photo/Video Software Compatibility - PhotographyBay
How to Make a Difference with Photography: Post Your Portrait! | Photojojo - JR is interested in comatting inequalities with photography. Once you upload your portrait and your story, it is mailed back to you as a poster. which you can use to have a voice.
At MSU, FTE students get ready to host 'Prerna' - Times of India - this is an event where disabled people stretch their abilities. It includes photography, videography and T-shirt painting. To take place on July 31st.
[Video] Der mit den Fingern sieht - Trailer - in German, the story of Eşref Armağan, blind Turkish painter. For more links on Eşref Armağan, please visit Vinces Parallax: Eşref Armağan, blind Turkish painter
Tactile map of Eden created for people with visual impairments | The Eden Project Blog - tactile scale model of the Eden Project, Cornwall, UK.
More than Megapixels Podcast, Episode 17, including an interview with Tara Miller, blind photographer and winner of the CNIB "IRemember" competition. Play audio
hirosan's photostream on Flickr - photos marked up as blind photography, and there is a photo of a hand-made Japanese Brailler.
By coincidence, several of today's entries concern imagery that is not necessarily photographic. I hope you will find them interesting and relevant, even if slightly off-topic.
What's your story? - presentation by MDSupport.org. Adam Hahn, a 'british portrait artist, has tried to represent some people with macular degeneration by including their way of seeing. Some subjects are also interviewed.
Exhibit: The Blind Leading the Blind :: Alive! - Columbus, Ohio - Nightlife, Arts, Entertainment and Dining Guide - well, at least, the photographers were blindfolded as they collaborated on this collection. Slide show included.
[Podcast] - Greg Glatz podcast featuring an interview with Tara Miller, award-winning blind photographer, on CJOB 68, Winnipeg. Tara was also featured, but not interviewed, on Coast To Coast AM. See more of Tara's photography at 100 Acre Woods Photography and visit her Facebook Page. And don't miss the enxt entry......
More Than Megapixels - "We will be interviewing the blind photographer [Tara Miller] we discussed on ep 12 tonight. Have questions? Reply here [on Twitter] or email before 7 pm CST!"
[Audio] Macular Degeneration - Patient Voices - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com - at least one contributor is carrying on with his passion, photography. Related blog entry
"Through the looking glass dimly". 2012 edinburgh arts festival | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows is seeking sponsorship to enable him to put on workshops in Edinburgh next year and to work with blind photographers in the UK and Australia.
Artist's covert Apple store camera project - was it illegal? | Technology | guardian.co.uk - hidden cameras in New York stores raise questions about what a public place is, and what a photographer can expect to do within the law.
LOOK KidZone @ QAC Sight Village Bingley Hall Birmingham 12,13,14th July Come and try photography, blind cricket, gaming and much more!
An Affliction Of The Cornea Gets A Closer Look | WBUR & NPR - Kaley Jones had Keratoconus while in her mid-teens. Following corneal transplants, she can pursue her photography. Less invasive treatment seem to be on the horizon.
Tara Miller, winner of the CNIB photography competition, to be interviewed on More Than Megapixels Watch the site: More Than Megapixels, and catch up with Episode 12: Blindly Beautiful Photography.
Apparaat maakt licht hoorbaar voor blinden / Blind man hearing light | Full-HD-Resort.de - interesting to see this light-to-sound machine, photo dated 1912.
Blind woman wins national photo award | Canada | News | Toronto Sun - Tara Miller is the outright winner of the national CNIB photo competition. This was open to all photographers, not only blind ones.
Hear about the 'face blind' portrait artist? - HARPREET KHARA and other possible examples of people with disabilities getting into artistic activities.
New art exhibit shows what formally blind see | SummitDaily.com - In Frisco - photographs by people who have regained their sight through corneal transplants make up the 'Circle of Light' exhibit. The show runs until July 28th, 2011.
[Video] Arts Alive - Pete Eckert Blind Photographer - an interesting insight into the way this totally blind photographer operates.
Seeing | James W. Brown - the author questions the validity of an exercise where photography students were blindfolded,, but concedes that blind people can take great photos and that Beethoven could compose while deaf.
Determination results in new business for disabled man - Uinta County Herald - blind man Clancy Marshal can make new images from old slide negatives, and this is part of his business venture, along with shredding documents.
VS: Calendar entries for Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month October 2011 - accessible image mailing list- if you have an event, you could submit it to Art Beyond Sight.
The Answer to Focusing Problems May Lie in the Past at The Phoblographer - sonar and eye tracking are past solutions to focusing that could be usefully used in new cameras.
Visual art recast for the sightless - Hawaii Features - Staradvertiser.com - Photographer Naomi Olson has met visually impaired people to find out how they see Hawaii. " Seeing Through The Heart: Portraits of the Blind in Hawaii," The photographs are accompanied by accessible features, e.g., Braille and sound.
Blind photographer sees beauty in life - Winnipeg Free Press - another article about Tara Miller, a legally blind photographer who has made it to the final round of the CNIB 'I Remember' competition. You can see her entry in the Winnipeg Sun.
WE RECOMMEND : Evgen Bavcar - some background and pictures on this well-known Slovenian blind photographer.
Artist changes his perspective from painting to photography � Evansville Courier & Press - Fred Reeves of Henderson, Kentucky, is blind in one eye, and considers this an advantage in photography.
The Lytro Light Field Camera - more on the "shoot now, focus later" camera, eventually to appear as a consumer camera.
Henry Butler's New Record | PledgeMusic - blind photographer and New Orleans pianist raising money for his next record.
Volunteer (sighted) needed for July blind photography group, Reveal - the author helpfully won't tell her location, so all I know is it appears to be Canada.
Apps For The Blind And Visually Impaired: iPad/iPhone Apps AppList
A Blind Photographer - Bernie Stronner has lost most of her sight, but continues to take photographs. This is a revised version of the article I linked to before. Bernie Stronner's Redbubble Page Husband Craig Stronner's Twitter Page
Shoot First, Focus Later | tim o'brien photos - focusing can be a real problem for a visually impaired photographer, but at least one camera lets you leave the decision until after the photo session.
eyes frail, camera sharp | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows was featured in an article in Diamond Valley Leader Community this week.
2012 Vision Australia calendar | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows' photograph selected for calendar and diary.
Blind Girl Photography - ModelMayhem.com - April Berry in Creve Coeur, Illinois, US, is legally blind, a model and currently exploring the art of photography. Blind Girl Photography on Facebook.
Blind photographer's life through a lens (From Winsford Guardian) - Simon Kirkman from Winsford, has become more observant since the onset of Stargardt's Disease. He also has an innovative approach to graffiti.
[Video] Obscura - short documentary about Kurt Weston, Bruce Hall and Pete Eckert.
EasySnap: real-time audio feedback for blind photography - this is only an abstract from an academic article about this camera-phone app.
luxembourg exhibition | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows' photograph included in an exhibition by artists with disabilities.
Blind Photography - Shooting Life - how blind photography fits into modern art, with reference to Pete Eckert.
Andrew Follows: Loosing Vision - Gaining Insight - Bradford Smith - an introduction to Andrew Follows' work.
Blind Photography - videos on my YouTube playlist.
Photo Resources Online - August 8, 2010 | Day to Day Photo interesting reading list, including colourblind photography.
Seeing the aperture of photography | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows gets to grips with F-stops.
More Than Megapixels will be discussing Tara Miller, "I Remember" competition finalist and blind photographer, tonight.
Reflections of Home - Bradford Smith, on Australia's Gold Coast, is reflective in more ways than one.
Unique Vision - 2 brothers who are passionate about visual arts are also visually impaired. Sorry, you have to be a subscriber to the Time-Mail to read all of this.
Natalie Gilbert has been writing an essay on blind photography and has had help from Brian Negus of Vista, Leicester
Different perspective -- legally blind photographer focuses on Rocky - Estes Park Trail-Gazette - Drew Bedo opens season of park artists-in-residence tonight.
More on Drew Bedo
Tomorrow, 7pm, Beaver Mdws Vis Ctr: 1st Artist-in-Residence program of summer: blind photographer Drew Bedo's intimate look at the park. - reference on Twitter.
Blind photographer a finalist in competition - Metro - Tara Miller, of Winnipeg, wins photographic competition. She has no sight in one eye and very little in the other. Dawnforge Productions - is promising to feature this story in their podcast. Suggest you keep an eye on their feed, quoted here.
Deaf/Blind - Living with Usher Syndrome - the author, Jean, tackles the question of which sense it is worse to lose. One of her interests is photography.
: Living with Usher Syndrome RSS Feed
Usher Syndrome - What Are My Latest Thoughts? - Bradford Smith - take a look at Brad's gorgeous photographs while you're there.
The best photographer you've never heard of: 30 yrs HIV positive and blind - ana appreciation of Kurt Weston, who you will definitely have heard of if you follow my news page!
Blind AIDS survivor discovers vision beyond sight - CNN - Kurt Weston's work is on display this month at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington. The article goes into his battles with AIDS and his approach to photography. Slide show included.
Imagine: The Man Who Forgot How To Read And Other Stories, Tuesday 28 June, BBC One TV, UK. This programme, featuring Oliver Sacks, includes an item on Danny Delcambre, "an extraordinary and spirited man who, although having a condition which means he was born deaf and is gradually going blind, lives life to the full and uses close up photography to record the world around him".
Art. My point of view - Blind since the age of 11, Slovenian photographer Evgen Bavcar sees the world through his camera. He explains how it began and how he does it.
From Blind Vision to Vision Beyond Sight - CNN iReport - Kurt Weston produced a sweries of photographs called "Blind Vision" that show his sight loss. Colour images attempt to show frequencies beyond the human visual range. The article has a selection of photographs.
Bamboo in macro | Blinkie Photography - using macro techniques, Andrew Follows captures an image of the top of a bamboo branch that he could not see with his eyes.
Surviving as a colour blind photographer - the author has found ways of dealing with his colour deficiencies, and says that these are just as important for someone who is not colour blind.
Volunteer needed to support blind photographers, Canada
Managing My Star Guard Disease - Moments Exposed Photography - Emily Hawkins has pursued her dream of becoming a photographer, and has not been put off by a diagnosis of Stargardt's Disease, a form of macular degeneration in younger people.
Moments Exposed Photography RSS Feed
Brooklyn baker Amy Berg won't let blindness stop her from sweet career - she was a photographer, but now she's a prominent baker.
My View of London, Photographic competition to support Fight for Sight charity
Blind Artists Society | LinkedIn - the discussion group is now an open group.
[Video] Blind Photographer's Vision - Tiffany Chartier is a professional photographer who has inherited Retinitis Pigmentosa. Her photos show people demonstrating courage in difficult times.
Audio slideshow: Blind ex-servicemen's art - BBC - St Dunstan's members exhibit at Brighton Festival. You may also like to read Blind US veterans visit Brighton's St Dunstan's centre
UN HOMBRE FOTOGRAFO CIEGO � RinconCurioso.COM - article in Spanish about Evgen Bavcar, blind photographer. English translation
An Artist's Vision: Shiley Eye Center Helps Local Artist Return to his Canvas - BroadcastNewsroom - the ups and downs of Jerome Walker, his visual impairment and his art.
Lilly Ivonne Ramos wants to teach blind children how to operate professional cameras.
Visionary Media's 5 Year Anniversary with Henry Butler - Wednesday, June 15 � 7:00pm - 10:00pm. Location Visionary Media, 123 W 18th Street, 7th Fl, New York, NY.
Disability through the eyes of the disabled - The Witness - 3 disabled people and the mother of a disabled child set out to photograph their world, aided by high-quality cameras and a photo-journalist.
Volunteers needed for blind photography shoot June/July - I presume this is in Edinburgh.
Touching Lives Through Photography - Facebook - works with and for people with disabilities.
Shooting Blind With A Wide Angle Lens - "The Really Really Random Photography Blog" - By BCphoto:
A Feel For Color - Art for the Visually Impaired - The B-Code uses fabrics and softness/hardness to represent color and shade, so that art-works can be represented for blind people by a kind of tactile quilt.
Bernie Stronner | RedBubble - she has lost most of her vision, but has taken up photography. Also visit A Blind Photographer - a lens on Squidoo.
autumn day in Bright | Blinkie Photography - on an overcast day, Australian photographer Andrew Follows captures the last of the autumn colours.
An eye for detail - TODAYonline | Entertainment | Arts - Albert Watson says being born blind in his right eye has not held him back as a photographer.
Inspirations - Saloon by Pete Eckert � Darwin Wiggett - where Pete explains how he did it.
Ordinary Daylight: Portrait of an Artist Going Blind (9780553381986): Andrew Potok: Books - Amazon.com - this is about a painter losing his sight.
[Video] Blind photography - Flickr - an experiment to demonstrate how a blind person may use their other senses to take photographs.
photography, youtube videos - accessibleimage mailing list - a selection of links to blind photographers and artists.
Participatory photography workshops organised in London - British Journal of Photography - The workshops, titled Designing and Running Participatory Photography, will take place on 25 to 27 May and 20 to 22 July in London.
ablephoto competition - Able Australia - the competition, "Australia and Me" is open to deaf-blind people. [PDF] Guidelines and entry form. Entries close on May 27th, 2011.
Blind photography group looking for 2 sighted volunteers to assist with a shoot.
Ready, Set, Roll | tim o'brien photos - visually impaired photographer Tim O'Brien tries editing some roller derby shots with Lightroom.
At Viewpoint Gallery, a new perspective on the role of art - Times Union - the Gallery, at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, will host 4 shows a year, where those normally overlooked by the art world will be able to display their works. Currently there is an exhibition of art by those with acquired brain injuries, and in the summer there will be an exhibition of the work of visually impaired artists.
The World of Blind Photographers - Photo Gallery - LIFE - s small gallery of examples.
[Video] iPad helps blind woman see - CNN - A woman who's been legally blind for more than 30 years can now see thanks to a piece of technology. By zooming n with the camera, she can see details she hasn't see for a long time.
Blind with a vision - Al-Ahram Weekly - a group of students in Cairo look at photography, even though they can't see.
Blind Visual Artist Pete Eckert Makes Photographs Without Seeing - Peta Pixel - the page includes two videos.
Inspirational Blind Photographers and their Portfolios - includes Alex de Jong, Pete Eckert, Kurt Weston, Jason DeCamillis, Tim O'Brien, Bruce Hall and Victorine Floyd Fludd. There are useful links, too.
Mind's eye (Blind With Camera) � Mam Create - some background on Partho Bhowmick, founder of the Mumbai project, Blind With Camera.
Newport Beach, CA, Film Festival - a chance to meet and greet visually impaired photographer Kurt Weston - Tuesday, May 3rd.
Blind With Camera, the Mumbai-based photography site, is back online after a brief interval.
How do we SEE? - Club SNAP - comments and links from Drew Bedo, a legally blind photographer in Houston, Texas.
More on Drew Bedo
Woman makes art more accessible for all - Catholic Sentinel - Portland, OR - the Disability and Art exhibit will include art by people with and without disabilities who reference disability in their art. Runs until July.
Henry Butler the photographer � Groove Notes - why and how this famous blind New Orleans jazz pianist got into photography. You may like to read his own article about his, The Eye of the Beholder. Also visit Henry Butler's Photographs. Go to his official web site for Henry Butler's News. Listen to Henry on NPR's All Things Considered
New device puts vision impaired in the picture - GraVVITAS, currently a prototype, is a standard tablet PC with touch screen technology that uses vibration and sounds to guide the visually impaired user around a diagram.
Things That Motivates A Visually Impaired Photographer - Photo Community - MyShutterspace - 'Ayes Art' has closed-end glaucoma, and is into painting and photography.
Photography for the Visually Impaired - Not as Strange as You Might Think - Zoomed In - Chris Mills suggests some first steps.
Village renter has the best deal in town - NYPOST.com - blind photographer John Dugdale pays a mere $127 a month rent for his Greenwich Village apartment, but that's not the end of the story.
More on John dugdale
Suzanne Smith wants a title for her blind / visually impaired photography book. Also visit Suzanne Smith Photography
How a Rangefinder Camera Focuses at The Phoblographer - why a visually impaired photographer may find rangefinder cameras better than regular autofocus. Page links to a video demonstrating the rangefinder camera.
How blind photographer Gary Waite is sharing his images of the world - Voice Online - more about the photographer who recently starred in the Nokia N8 TV ad.
Blind Sided - Photography for Visually Impaired & The Blind - "Blind Sided Studio & Gallery is a new resource centre for blind and visually impaired photographers (able sighted welcome)"
2012 edinburgh arts festival. | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows' ambition is to reach Edinburgh to present an exhibition and conduct workshops for blind and visually impaired photographers. He is hoping to raise funds to make this goal a reality.
Confessions of a Colorblind Photographer - surviving socially and photographically with colour deficiencies.
Bilingual photography workshop for blind and partially sighted people | AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective - El Museo del Barrio, New York, Wednesdays 4pm-6pm
[Video] The Blind Imagination | Taylor Adam Swift - this documentary shows Kurt Weston telling his own story about AIDS, being a teacher, his approach to photography, and adjusting to blindness.
More on Kurt Weston
Congratulations to Melvin Morales for getting his photography into a national magazine. See [PDF] After Action - from Wounded Warrior. What do you know, it's a malformed and inaccessible file. Not very good for the target audience, guys.
My Eye Tests. - PhotographyCorner.com Forums - a photographer gets a diagnosis of macular degeneration. Discussions follow......
The Note-Taker taking ASU students to worldwide technology contest | ASU News - a camera hooked up to a touch-screen tablet PC to aid visually impaired people has been entered by Arizona students for technology contest. More on this project - Note-Taking Made Easy For Legally Blind Students - Science Friday Archives with MP3 download of a podcast.
ZoomReader Helps Users See - App Watch - from the makers of ZoomText, this app for iPhone can convert images to text and then speech - all for less than $20.
[Video] Macro Photography On a Budget - for macro photography, you need a macro lens, of course. Or do you? Video with plenty of spoken commentary
Blind With Camera - the domain is reported as 'parked', so the site isn't operating at present.
Photography Workshop for blind and partially sighted at El Museo del Barrio, New York Wednesdays 4pm-6pm. For more info: [email protected]
Cory Metcalf - Blind Photography Intentions - Sense, Perception, and the Mediated Body - project to try photographing with deliberately impaired vision.
[Video] Camera that would know you anywhere - New Scientist TV - we've had cameras that can recognise objects; now a cmera that can recognise you.
Photographer sees beauty despite disease - UMC.org - Tiffany Chartier is a professional photographer who has retinitis pigmentosa. She has always seen photography as a kind of ministry.
How Google is teaching computers to see - CNN.com - within about 10 years, object recognition could be almost perfect, it is claimed.
They help the blind discover great art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Blind vocalist Dennis Sparacino is using his voice to bring paintings to life for the visually impaired.
Henry Butler @ The Grammy Museum - Los Angeles indie music | Examiner.com - ichele's Muzak Reviews - a review of Henry Butler's live performance, which even includes some of his photographs.
Anti-Cooperation League - improv comedy at Sacramento Comedy Spot. Special Guest on Saturday, April 23 is Pete Eckert, blind photographer.
Henry Butler, Piano Great, discusses: his music, blind photography and teaching - Los Angeles Performing Arts | Examiner.com - interview with this well-known New Orleans musician and photographer.
Gary Waite talks Nokia N8 photography | Nokia Conversations - The official Nokia Blog - here, Gary talks about how and why he takes photographs.
Braving the Sight Unseen: Interview with Blind Photographer Timothy O'Brien | Black Star Rising
[Video] TEDxSF - Tony Deifell - Seeing Beyond Sight: How what we see and don't see changes the world
Shooting Blind - The PhotoForum - - sighted people not using the viewfinder, and maybe the odd tip that we'll all find useful.
[Video] Visually Impaired Photos - Better Connecticut News Story - WFSB Hartford - Mel Morales decided to turn his visual impairment into an asset after a brain injury. He has turned his hand to photography and several other things.
More on Melvin Morales
Trey Ratcliff Links added to my Blind Photography Page. Trey is a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography advocate, and happens to be blind in one eye, hence his inclusion here.
Painting with Light - New Book - Photography Bay - similar techniques have been used by blind photographer Pete Eckert and the Seeing With Photography Collective. Here, you can catch up with the originators.
Edelweiss Group - Blind With Camera � Blog Archive - more on the blindfold workshop held in Mumbai in March.
I dare you to see the world � Holga Blog - Lisa wrestles with ideas around taking photos without the aid of her eyes.
blinkies day out driving cars. | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows has a day at the car races, driving and, naturally, bringing back some photos.
Miami gallery allows 'hands-on art' to blind patrons | 9news.com - here, visitors can definitely touch the art, and the gallery has bigger plans for this type of exhibit in future.
Blindfold Photography Workshop - Blind With Camera � Blog Archive - an account of the workshop, where blind photographers guide sighted people wearing blindfolds, and some example images.
iPhone app brightens up color blind world, helps users identify hues | abc7news.com - the Dan-Kam, available for iPhone and Android, helps you see colours in a new way.
Blind and visually impaired artists and photographers are wanted by [email protected] - I don't know why! Visit Lisa's web site, spaces Speak - Unexpected Photography.
Exhibition hosts visionary display of sight loss artists | Society | The Guardian - "zScents and Sensibility's theme is fragrance expressed through exhibits including painting, sculpture and photography" as reported yesterday in this column.
Legally Blind Artist & Photographer Ava Weinstein | Walnut Creek Chiropractic - Ava retired at age 40 to follow her dream of being an artist. Her work, including photography, has been widely exhibited, and she won a commission from the Queen of Swaziland. Also visit Ava Weinstein's Web Site
An Evening with Henry Butler - The GRAMMY Museum� :: Programs - Henry Butler is a great, eclectic jazz pianist and a widely-exhibited photographer who was blinded by glaucoma in early childhood. This multi-media event is on April 11th in Los Angeles.
Berkeley Square team up with RNIB for exhibition of art by blind and partially sighted artists - Basenotes - "A pop-up art exhibition showcasing the work of six blind and partially sighted artists will take place at the Vaad Gallery in London on 11 and 12 April 2011. Scents and Sensibility is a collection of artists' interpretations of Bergamot Noir, Berkeley Square Cosmetics latest fragrance."
Seeing Beyond Sight on 9News (NBC) Denver - Author, Tony Deifell, tells stories from his new book of photography by blind teenagers during this local news program.Get a book, see scenes from upcoming film, take on a Blind Photography Challenge: http://www.seeingbeyondsight.org/book
Visually impaired student to stage photographic exhibition - Irvine Herald - Linda Howard wants to show how she sees the world. She has a rare form of macular degeneration. The exhibition runs from April 1st to April 17th at the Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Taking a deeper look into Sight Unseen photography exhibit�|�The Met Online - the blind photography exhibition currently running in Denver, Colorado, and a workshop connected with it.
Blind Photographers open eyes/Art Teachers finally graded - Denver budget events | Examiner.com - the Sight Unseen' exhibit will run until April 9th, and is free of charge on April 2nd.
A Photographer Not Without Vision - Working at Perfect - an interview with Australian photographer Andrew Follows.
Colour blindness and photography - PentaxForums.com
Meet Joseph Monks, the First Totally Blind Film Director -VisionAWARE
Henry Butler PledgeMusic Fundraising Campaign - Facebook - Henry Butler, as well as being a well-known New Orleans musician, is a blind photographer. This event is to raise funds for his next record.
More on Henry Butler.
In Touch - BBC Radio 4 tonight features blind photographer Gary Waite, famous for the Nokia phone advert. Podcast of the programme available from Wed 30 Mar.
Acte2Galerie Presents Photographer Albert Watson in Solo Show at ArtParis 2011
M�rio Bih�ri, Roma athlete and musician: "Blind people don't have to be restricted in sports" omea.cz, and, looking at his own life, they don't have to be restricted in photography, or anything else.
Blind photography - Ivan Perinaj's video on Flickr. "Once you stop seeing, you can only rely on your fantasy"
Sight - Part of the Emerging Arts Professionals Friday Firsts Series - Friday, April 1, 6:00pm - 9:00pm at Palace of the Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA @ Exploratorium/Tactile Dome. Meet under the gazebo for blind photography (unlimited RSVP). Tactile Dome limits 30 people (RSVP now). Please bring a digital camera.
Blind With Camera: Images from a world that is not seen | The Better India - background on the well-known Blind With Camera Project in Mumbai, India.
The World of Blind Photographers - Photo Gallery - LIFE - this was to coincide with the showing of the film, "Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers", last November on HBO.
Dewey Ave Demolition | Losing Vision Gaining Insight - Belinda Brasley is intrigued by a building being demolished - and gets some shots of it when she remembers her camera!
Photography Notecards by blindgirlz on Etsy - this is an online shop where you can see and buy notecards by Belinda Brasley, a visually impaired photographer who is often mentioned in this column.
More on Belinda Brasley
Understanding Light: Intensity vs. Quality at The Phoblographer
Top 20 Ultimate Ways to Use a Disposable Camera | Photojojo
Sky Arts At Format Photography - this article goes behind the scenes at this major photography festival in Derby, UK, running from4th March to 3rd April.
super moon | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows made the most of the moon's close encounter with the earth over the weekend.
Photography and colour blindness - forum discussion sparked off by a photographer finding out that he has red/green deficiency.
From Smartphones To E-books, New Technologies Expand Options For The Blind | Here & Now - once, blind people successfully used specialist technology, now, they can use mainstream devices.
[Audio] Interview: Andrew Follows by Glen Morrow
A blind photographer shoots the world - Interview with Gary Waite, the Nokia N8 guy, for Russian TV, translated from Russian by Google Translate
Patronising and/or dishonest advertising... � Ron's Rants - that's what the author thinks of the Nokia blind photography advert.
Some blind people 'see' with their ears, neuropsychologists show - Science Daily
Seen on Twitter
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Blind Photography WORKSHOP - Thursday, March 23, 6-8 p.m. Participation Fee: $20.00, ($15.00 for CVA Members and Metro State Students with valid id) - part of the Month of Photography happening in Denver, Colorado. Also on the same page, the film, " Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers".
World's first blind film director to share historical vision - Tampa Bay Movie | Examiner.com - Joe Monks, director of "The Bunker"
[mp3] Blind sight - an exhibition by Andrew Follows - SBS Radio Podcast in Maltese (Andrew speaks English, though).
Andrew Follows' blog entry on this
successful exhibition closes. | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows acknowledges all those who made his exhibition such a success.
More on andrew Follows.
Blind photographer River Alandra can 'hear' a good photograph | Metro.co.uk her pictures of nature are informed mainly by sound, and she uses her white cane to check the focus.
Even a color-blind person can color-correct a photo - Chris Nicholson explains how to correct colours using RGB values.
Blind and Low Vision Persons wanted in Seattle to Participate in Blind Photography - Chandrika Jayant is a Ph.D. candidate interested in mobile enabling technology for blind, visually impaired and deaf-blind people.
A Creative Guide to Exploring Your Life: Self-Reflection Using Photography, Art and Writing - SHORT - 2011 - Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - Wiley Online Library. You need a journal subscription or some other type of permission to get access to this article.
Japan Earthquake Effect on Camera Manufacturers - many big name photography companies afected.
Work of blind snapper exhibited in Hoddesdon - Latest News & Events in Hoddesdon & Broxbourne In Hertfordshire, UK. River Al�ndra is a blind photographer who takes pictures of natural subjects by sound. Her exhibition, Beyond Boundaries, is at Hoddesdon library until March 19.
Bradford Smith ~ Photographer's Photostream on Flickr. Brad, who is deaf-blind, takes beautiful images of the Gold Coast in Australia.
Nokia N8 smartphone - Gary Waite special feature - an extended version of the Nokia N8 TV advertisement.
Famous Scots photographers discuss their lives in telly tribute - The Daily Record - when Albert Watson met Harry Benson. Albert Watson, who is blind in one eye, has photographed the most famous people on the planet, not that that impresses him much. The TV documentary is ArtWorks Scotland on BBC2 TV, Scotland only, on Tues, 15th March at 10pm.
Bruce Hall: using photography to see. - see images from this legally blind scuba-diving photographer.
sensory photography | thoughtboxx - why it mnakes sense (sic) for blind people to express their experience of the world as images. Has some useful links too.
Chico Sanchez - The Sight Within - Spanish language sound-track, captions in English. The slide show has images of a photography workshop for blind people (Sight of Emotion) in Mexico. The photographer himself isn't blind and I'm breaking my rule about not including photos OF blind people, simply because of the nature of the workshop.
An Introduction to The Rule of Thirds at The Phoblographer - clarification on an oft-quoted, but sometimes misunderstood, concept in photography.
MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D Printer Kit - MakerBot Industries - some possible hook-ups with photography, maybe?
Art show questions perceptions on senses (From The Oxford Times) - UK charity BlindArt's "Touching Art, Touching you," exhibition has come to Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK. Items on show were made by a mixture of visually impaired and sighted artists, and you're not told which is which.
[Audio] twaud.io - - Blind photographer Andrew Follows was Clayton's guest this morning on 1-on-1 - Audio for Twitter. You may also like to read Capturing the Moments an interview with Andrew Follows.
Noogle Noggles for iPhone and iPod touch (4th generation) - Noggles takes a photo of anything in your world and visually searches Google for similar photos. Google can also read text and many barcodes, including QR codes. Looks like a very useful object-recognition tool for uncertain photographers!
Photos focus on woman's daily life - The Pulse Journal - Amy Hildebrand is a professional photographer in Mason, Ohio, who is legally blind, resulting from albinism. 250 of her images will appear in an exhibition, "With Little Sound", at Mason Community Center from March 7th until April 1st. The images are of everyday life, and have appeared on Amy's blog, With Little Sound With Little Sound Atom Feed
[Video] Nokia N8 smartphone - Gary Waite special feature [HQ] - Gary, star of the recent Nokia N8 advert, talks about his approach to photography. The music, by the way, is "Deep Blue Day" by Brian Eno. See also the London Tonight feture and the Nokia N8 advert
On Photowalking at The Phoblographer - the simple pleasures of taking photos at moments of relaxation.
Invisible Art Is Decoded With A Digital Camera - NextGadgets - these art-works are blank - until you photograph them with your camera or phone. Instead of being thrown out of the gallery, you're positively encouraged to snap away here!
Blind With Camera � Blindfold Photography - workshops initiate sighted people into the ways of blind photographers.
"Smile, I Can't See You" - Moments Exposed Photography - Emily Hawkins was inspired by a video to pursue photography, even though she had Stargardt's Disease. But she wants her work to be judged on its merits, not as "blind photography".
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BLIND street photography | paul sherar ::: humanitarian and relief photographer - - presumably sighted photographer using a "blind" technique so as not to look like the evil photographer in the street.
Mobile Accessibility by Code Factory goes Android with robust features | Accessible Insights Blog
How to Be a Bad Photographer - The Amplifier Online .::. South Central Kentucky's Entertainment Monthly - want to start a photography business? Here are some sobering thoughts before you rush in.
Blind photographer star of TV ad filmed in Blackpool - BBC News - how Gary Waite, famous for the Nokkia N8 ad, uses his other senses to take photographs.
Blind Photographer Gary Waite Is Blackpool Advert Star � Same Difference - more background on Gary Waite, the Nokia N8 blind photographer. Blackpool tourist workers are pleased, too.
alex shonkoff photography: Israel - 03.01.2011 - he works with blind people, and gets the hang of finding your way with other senses apart from sight, especially after a visit to Dialogue in the Dark in Jerusalem, a multi-sensory museum.
guide dogs victoria open day | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows' display of photos at this event seems to have been a publicity success.
Blind Photography Baby Steps | Losing Vision Gaining Insight - Belinda Brasley considers getting a better camera - but is it as simple as that?
[PDF] #EasySnap - iPhone app that enables blind photographers to improve their technique.
Teaching photography to blind learners - RSCWMWiki - Peter Bryenton.teaches photography and video to blind and visually impaired students at New College, Worcester, UK. He starts from the premiss that photography is about the way we experience the world, rather than the way we see it.
Field Review: Olympus EPL-2 (Day 3) at The Phoblographer - by technology reviewer and visually impaired photographer Chris Gampat.
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Flickr: ThePhoblographer Group - evidently looking for members.
ALBERT WATSON + MARTHA GRAHAM: The Art of Dance Photography � Miss Rosen
Denver, Colorado, Center for Visual Art has the exhibition "Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists," Thursday-April 9. Reception: 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Free screenings of the HBO documentary "Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers" offered at 4 and 6 p.m. March 4, March 18 and April 1. Three of the "Sight Unseen" artists are featured. Metropolitan State College of Denver Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, 303-294-5207, metrostatecva.org
Interview with Pete Eckert | RAW
Seeing In The Dark: Pete Eckert, Photography and blindness - Photosense - blog - article on colour-blindness, total blindness and photography.
PhotoSense London would like to hear from you if you are a colourblind or disabled photographer.
Blind Photographer - ITV London News - London Tonight, 22nd Feb 2011 -Gary Waite, the Nokia N8 ad guy, trained with the PhotoVoice charity.
Albert Watson: Photography | Daily Art Fixx - Albert Watson has been declared one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time. He happens to be blind in one eye. The article points to some of his work. Also visit Albert Watson's Website and more links on Vince's Parallax: Blind Photography
PhotoVoice - Training Workshops - EXTRA DATES - for those who want to provide workshops in participatory photography. Book your place
Video: Nokia N8 TV Ad Preview - Blind Photography : My Nokia Blog - Gary Waite gets a picture of a roller-coaster.
'blind sight', a new photographic exhibition | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows describes his new exhibition at federation Square, Melbourne, 1st-13th March.
At the bottom of the Garden - blog with plenty of photos by an Australian mother of four with very limited vision.
Printed Photos the Blind Can 'See' - new software can send tactile data to a printer, and will eventually work with a tactile display. The research for this is going on at Arizona University.
iPad DSLR Camera Remote App - Photography Bay - lets you tether the iPad to a Canon or Nikon DSLR camera. You can trigger the shutter, review images and change settings.
Color Wheels - mixing colours is different for paint, printers and backlit screens. Find out why.
Month of Photography Denver: Sight Unseen at the Center for Visual Art - this exhibition, featured already on world-wide media, runs from March 3 - April 9, 2011. There will also be a Blind Photography WORKSHOP on Thursday, March 23, 6-8 p.m. Participation Fee: $20.00, ($15.00 for CVA Members and Metro State Students with valid id).
Denver Events: Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists - event details and map
Mr. VSDB pageant planned for tonight | newsleader.com | The News Leader - - TAUNTON - The photography class at Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind will present a Mr. VSDB Pageant from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Healy Hall Auditorium - Admission will cost $2 for students and $5 for adults. Funds raised will go to the photography class.
Western Beach Geelong With my D700 | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows finds that the shorline lighting looks more spectacular using the camera than it does using the naked eye.
Hipstamatic - Clouds of Fire - Bradford Smith captures the sunset from a great vantage point.
New Photography Assignment - Theme Black & White Photography - try this month's assignment and enter the competition.
[Video] Obscura - Community Channel TV - Photographers Kurt Weston, Bruce Hall and Pete Eckert have one thing in common, they are blind. Through their art we are given an insight into their unique visions of the world.
Looking For Something? | Losing Vision Gaining Insight - classified list of Belinda Brasley's blog articles, including the Blind Photography category.
Blind Photography Surprises - Belinda Brasley finds that surprising things make good photographs.
The iPhone 8x Telephoto Lens | Photojojo - get over your lens envy!
Display at Arts Victoria | Blinkie Photography - two of Andrew Follows' photographs grace Arts Victoria's HQ in Melbourne.
CHRIS FRIEL - a colourblind photographer.
Seeing My Way - an exhibition by Ellie Powell who is a partially sighted photographer living in Leicester, UK. The exhibition runs from 10th January - 7th March 2011 at Vaughan College, St Nicholas Circle, Leicester, UK. Catalogue
[Video] Blind Artist John Bramblitt - The Art of Living Gallery | Wild Exploration Travel Photography - John is a blind painter who differentiates the colours by texture.
Ex-photographer Flo Fox not losing focus despite battle with multiple sclerosis - she no longer takes her own photos, but she enlists help to take them.
More on Flo Fox on Vince's Parallax
Making Photos without Seeing - Blind Photographer Pete Eckert | Photojojo - s a short documentary explains how Pete Eckert takes photos using sound. More on Pete Eckert Links to Pete Eckert on Vince's Parallax
Seeing With Photography | The New York Public Library until Tuesday Feb 8th.
[Book] The Journey: Color Photography for the Blind and Visually Impaired (The World Is Waiting Series : Volume 1) by Michael J. Minardi - I have very little information about this, apart from the 1990 publication date, and apparently it's a large-print hardback how-to book.
Entries For the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum - Part III > Features > General > Science & Technology > Tech2.com India - Blind With Camera is one of the entries for these awards, to be made on Feb 8th. Also visit Tech it for a change - Hindustan Times
Flickr Accidentally Deletes Photographer's Account and Almost 4000 Photos - cautionary story, especially for paying members oflickr.
Interview with Sara Naim | Kitlas | IST600 - Visual Journal - how do you turn Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata into a photograph?
A photographer enables his visually impaired students to take up the camera - people who have benefited from the Blind with Camera Project in Mumbai, and ways supporters can help.
Blind Photographers - including Bruce Hall, Annie Hesse, Charlie Grover. Seems to be about 3 years old, but definitely good to watch. More references for these photographers;-
RealAbilities Film Festival also has several non-film events, including - Seeing with Photography: A striking exhibition of photos from artists who are visually impaired, partially sighted, and totally blind. On View Feb 3-8 at The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. For more information about the festival, go to www.reelabilities.org or contact 646-505-4404.
7 Blind Women Filmmakers - (Film from Iran) In Spring 2004, Mohd Shirvani decided to answer an old question in his mind - What should I do if I, as a film director, would become sightless? I was wondering if I could keep filmmaking. This film has been made by a number of blind women filmmakers to answer that question. I taught them how to narrate their own stories through language of cinema and by small digital cameras and they also taught me how to see the world with my third eye on my forehead. The result of such experience is a feature episodic documentary: 7 Blind Female Filmmakers.
Hereford Photography Festival - TheArtsDesk | Reviews, News, Interviews - this UK festival included work by Becky Matthews in collaboration with Hereford Royal National College for the Blind and PhotoVoice, an organisation that provides training for visually impaired photographers in several countries.
Innovator, advocate for blind honored | JournalNow.com -Chris Flint has introduced many innovations into Industries for the Blind in North Carolina, USA, including photography classes.
Laura Landry's new blog site - see(more) photography - more references to Laura Landry on Vince's Parallax: Blind Photography
Proof of Your Right to Shoot | Photography - PopPhoto.com - USA Photographers' rights, and the balance between civil liberties and security.
Shooting Challenge: Bokeh - '"The term comes from the Japanese word boke, which means "blur" or "haze", or boke-aji, the "blur quality". The Japanese term boke is also used in the sense of a mental haze or senility." -Wikipedia' Bokeh photography tutorial - make your own bokeh balls!
Smart camera assists visually impaired workers: News from Cognex - high quality camera enables accurate labels to be produced for surgical gloves. Not exactly a regular blind photography, item but a way in which camera-assisted automation is helping keep blind people in jobs.
10 photography project ideas to try at home | News | PhotoRadar - snowed in? uninspired? Here are some creative ideas for photography without leaving the house.
2011 tech: 10 Things to do with your camera - more creative projects you can use all year.
Art By Rachel Dora Ann - "i am a legally blind artist trying to create beauty even through what i cant see to show the beauty i can see".
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Blindish But I Can See | Losing Vision Gaining Insight - does a photographer, or any kind of artist, who has lost physical vision, have to emulate a fully sighted one?
Hope for a Future! - Lilah's Hope -- the author, Katie, writes about her correspondence with Richard Favinger, visually impaired photographer, his fiancée, Kit, and about the hopes she has for her visually impaired daughter, Lila, in part because of this contact.
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For more references on Richard Favinger, Jr., please visit
Vince's Parallax: Blind Photography
Pocket Cinema: How we make movies - BBC RAdio 4 programme about the way mobile phones and other pocket cameras have transformed video.
Video: Mobile phones helping improve lives - an app for colourblind people starts an item about mobile phones solving life's problems.
Seeing Beyond Sight - photos by blind teens. With audio extracts and details of other resources, the site is a useful reference, not just a promo for the book of the same name.
[Video] Street Photography Tips: The 5 F's. By John Free - I don't know whether this man is visually impaired, but he realises that the eyes are not all that important in getting good photographs.
[Book] The Eye Of The Artist by Michael F. Marmor MD, James G. Ravin MD - visual artists from an ophthalmologist's point of view.
Description from Amazon::
This book provides a unique analysis of art and its history by examining the work of famous artists from an ophthalmologist's perspective. It explains how Monet and Cassatt's work may have been affected by cataracts, the ocular diseases of Degas and O'Keeffe, and possible eye problems with El Greco, Renoir, and van Gogh Pub: 11/96.
William Eggleston - Interview Magazine - the famous colour photographer is in fact colourblind.
For the time being, blind photography news wil be carried here, and not on the Blind Buzz blog.
2011: The Year Of Street Photography | Londonist - major exhibition and a lot of energy around street photography in London.
Blind movie breaks fresh ground - visually impaired people in Israel have been working on a 0-minute feature film.
[Video] Braille Institute teaches nearly blind, visually impaired people photography - "The Rancho Mirage organization has helped a group of people who have lost most of their vision to focus in on their unique way of experiencing the world, helping the rest of us to see things in a way we've never seen them before."
GuruShots.com, Offering Amateur Photographers the Best Photo Critique on the Internet, Launches new Photography Website | Nation's Restaurant News - Go to GuruShots.com
Images Without Sight - Susan Gjolmesli is a blind photographer. Tess McMillan blogs about how and why she does it.
New nikon kit. | Blinkie Photography - Andrew Follows has some new equipment and a smile on his face.
Observations: A return to photography, after a bout with being almost blind... - Micro Four Thirds User Forum - cataract surgery gave the author much better sight, except for close-up tasks such as reading camera data.
Out of Sight, Very Much in Mind By DAVID W. DUNLAP - Marisol Torres is blind, but that doesn't stop her knowing New York by other sensations.
photo la 2011 � Bruce Hall - a reminder that this event featuring Bruce Hall, Pete Eckert and Alice Wingwall will take place from 13th to 17th January, 2011 in Santa Monica, California.
The Inner Path of Photography - Saturday Seminar - Houston art | Examiner.com - the event will enable photographers to look at their process and connect with the meaningful side of their photography. Houston, Texas, 22nd January, 2011.
The Photographer's Right - downloadable flyer that explains USA photographers' rights.
