The Blind Buzz on Photography

For more background infromation on blind people and photography, please visit
Vince’s Parallax: Blind Photography and
Resources on Photography and Blindness – Blind With Camera

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Not a Crime – British Journal of Photography launches a campaign to combat the British paranoia about photographers. Most photographers are not paedophiles, terrorists or health and safety hazards!

Also visit
Not A Crime – group on Flickr

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[Video] Blind Photographer: Full of Focus – one of Drew Bedo’s photos will be featured at Houston’s center for photography.

Captivating Hues | Articles | Ohio Magazine – Traci Parks’ luminous images reflect her unique talent and perspective. More on Traci Parks on
Vince’s Parallax: Blind Photography

Papworth Trust Photography Competition | East of England | Creative Boom Magazine – the theme for the competition is independence.

re-thinking visual » angels resurrect the listening post – photography and sound by Alex de Jong and laetitia Boulud.

Shooting blind – using a camera without looking through the viewfinder.

The Beginner’s Guide to Photography Terminology « The Phoblographer

Third Eye Views – blog by julie krantz, who is legally blind in one eye, and not too good in the other. 

RSS Feed. You may also like to visit
julie krantz’ Picasa Web Albums and her Twitter account,
thirdeye_views

The blind Buzz on Photography

Artists reach out to sight-impaired with touchable works at Plymouth show – The Boston Globe – not strictly on-topic for this column, but possibly interesting.

Bismarck photographer featured at Medora this summer – David Nix is blind in one eye, and has a passion for photography, particularly of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Dakota landscape. He has an exhibition in Medora from 31st May until September.

Exhibition of visually impaired photographers at Olive – dnaindia.com – ‘Beyond Sight’, an exhibition by the ‘Blind with Camera’ Project in Mumbai until May 16th.

Featured Artist : Pete Eckert on a site named Artists Wanted, which seems to be completely impenetrable by screen reading software. Can’t comment on the content because of this.

Longing For Sight at MAMCO/BAC – re-thinking visual » press release – Laetitia Boulud and Alex de Jong presents the installation "longing for sight" at Mapping Festival in Geneva from 6 – 16 May, 2010.

Photographer Layla Love fighting to save her sight – New York Daily News – this successful photographer has a neurological condition that could rob her of her sight.

[Video] Seeing Again – Sonia Soberats became blind in 1991. Today she’s a photographer and works for Seeing With Photography Collective in New York City. The video gives an idea of how the Collective makes light paintings.

sensing what is possible – Daniel Sroka Open Studio – sighted photographer taking macro shots uses techniques that could be used by a blind photographer.

Trey Ratcliff: HDR Photography | Daily Art Fixx with some interesting examples of this High Dynamic Range photographic enhancement.

The Blind Buzz on Photography

Blind movie breaks fresh ground – A group of blind and visually impaired Israelis shoot a feature film based on their experiences in a world dominated by those who see. Everyone involved, including the cameraman, has a visual impairment of some degree.

Blinkie Photography: Re Branding Blinkie Photography – change of name soon.

Blogging Basics for Photographers

For those who want an independent blog – 3 articles.

1. 
   Deciding Whether to Start a Blog for Your Photography
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   Blogging Software and Services
3. 
   Hosting

luminous – re-thinking visual alex de jong describes the effects of his changing vision. 

Re-thinking visual RSS Feed – it’s well worth reading anything from this site, written by Laetitia Boulud and Alex de Jong..

NC State’s refreshable Braille display could revolutionize reading for the blind – full-page rich content display could result, but there won’t be even a prototype for a year or so yet.

Photo Walk « Losing Vision Gaining Insight – there are both limitations and triumphs in havving poor vision and a simple camera….