PhotoVoice Exhibit Sights Unseen
There is a new photography exhibit opening this week displaying works by blind and visually impaired photographers. The show, Sights Unseen, runs from 19 – 23 January at The Association of Photographers Gallery in London. The BBC News has produced an audio slideshow with images from the exhibit and discussion by the photographers and others involved in the exhibit. As the BBC article describes the show: “How can you use a camera if you can't see? Over 30 blind and visually impaired adults from the UK, Mexico and China have been trained in sensory photography techniques to create and experience photos.” The exhibit is sponsored by PhotoVoice, who descrive the show as “(a)n accessible exhibition of photographs by blind and visually impaired people. “
The sponsoring organization works to turn cameras around. “At PhotoVoice we encourage the use of documentary photography by enabling those that have traditionally been the subject of such work to become its creator – to have control over how they are perceived by the rest of the world, while simultaneously learning a new skill which can enhance their lives.”
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