The Blind Buzz on Photography

Blinkie Night Workshop in Melbourne – Blinkie Photography – Andrew Follows persuaded 5 sighted photographers to put on funny glasses and experience the city at night as blind photographers.

Experience | The image museum – The Alinari National Museum of Photography in Florence includes the ‘Touch museum’, where there are photographs represented by relief tactile versions – open to blind and sighted people alike.

FAQ: How do Blind Photographers Know What They Are Shooting? | Blind Photographers – Tim O’Brien explains some techniques that could be used by blind photographers.

Fisheye Connect to Launch June 1st – PPA Today – connects photographers and aspiring photographers with professional workshops internationally. Search your geographical area or by subject matter.

Improve your photography without buying gear – Craft & Vision – – ebook with 50 blog entries on improving your photography by improving your mind. $5.

New AdoramaTV Educational Videos Enhance the Adorama Learning Center – StreetInsider.com – videos to make you a better photographer.

New Photographic Exhibition – Blinkie Photography – Andrew Followswill have his own exhibition November 1st to 6th 2010 at Fortyfive Downstairs Gallery, 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne. Opening Night will be on Wednesday 3rd November (huh?)

Passionate Focus and Chicago ROCKS – Blind Eye Photography – blind photographer selected for chicago exhibit.

Photographer’s Just Do It List « Dave Cross – the website – ideas to get your creativity going. One of the suggestions is shooting blind.

Share Your Vision with people who are blind or visually impaired and Wikiscribe It! – Sighted people are invited to describe images, sighted and blind people alike can take part in the wiki and react. Maybe useful for our own images as blind photographers?

[Video] TV Feature – Blind Photography.mov – documentary where several people from London and 2 others from Leicestershire (including yours truly) talk about their experiences of blind photography.

VISIONS Memorandum in Support of New York State Licensure – New York Vision Rehabilitation Association’s Blog » Blog Archive supports blind people in keeping up activities they followed when sighted, including photography.

The Blind Buzz on Photography

APH Museum: Enter the InSights Art Competition for visually impaired artists in the U.S and around the world. Entries in by April 15th (adults) , April 1st ( school students).

Albert Watson at Young Gallery – IDbazaar – Home Page – Design & Art sourcing website » Blog Archive – Albert Watson is blind in one eye, and has had a high-profile photographic career, including photos for magazines, fashion and royalty.

Being a color blind photographer — Scott Wyden Imagery – some of the problems, and some useful sites.

Blind people in Delhi click photographs – dnaindia.com – more good stuff about the ‘Blind With Camera’ project in India.

[Video] blind photography feb 1, 2010, 5:47 PM – girl takes pictures with blindfold on, and challenges you to do the same.

Beyond Sight: Blind Photography in China | GlobalGiving – support blind people’s photographic activities in China, with the aim of reducingthe stigma of visual impairment.

ItalyTraveller experience. | The image museum – he museum, in Florence, includes the Touch Gallery, where some of the images are presented in tactile form.

I love this book! | dTour Photography – student describes "The Black Book of Colors", which has no colors, but has raised diagrams and braille text, emulating the world as experienced by a blind child.

Make Your Travel Pictures Talk: Fotobabble – this service will let you add a soundtrack from your microphone to photos you upload to it.
PhotoBabble Web Site

Norman Taylor: A shed load of art – Theatre & Arts, Entertainment – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – when he started to lose his sight, Norman Taylor took many photographs of his garden shed. Some of them are soon to appear in an exhibition. Also visit
Norman’s Old Shed | Norman Taylor Photography