A new book of work by visually impaired people proves that extraordinary visual artistry is not the sole preserve of those with perfect vision
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“Photography has allowed me to be visually impaired,” says Tanvir Bush. “You can feel very looked at when you are out with your guide dog taking pictures and it is kindly to be able to direct that energy back just by returning that gaze with your camera. In a very real way, photography has freed me.”Bush is one of several photographers from around the globe whose work features in an intriguing new book from Redstone Press entitled The Blind Photographer. Like many of the practitioners therein, or whose work ranges from staged art photography to straight documentary and portraiture,she is not totally blind, but suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, or a degenerative disease that leads to loss of peripheral vision and eventual blindness. I had worked previously as a film producer and had always deferred to the director and cinematographer,” she says, “so it was very exciting for me to find my own unique voice though photography. It was a enormous creative breakthrough for me.” Related: The work of blind photographers – in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com