Shooting Blind: Photographs By The Visually Impaired

by Edward Hoagland (Contributor)

Shooting Photographs by the Visually Impaired is the first large-scale project by the Seeing with Photography Collective, a group that has been active in New York City for over fifteen years. With sight impairments ranging from partial to complete blindness, SWP photographers use cameras to explore the world and better understand themselves, while creating hauntingly beautiful works of art. Interviews with the photographers accompany these richly surreal photographs. When the artists were asked why they choose to make photographs, their replies were as varied as the images to see the world more clearly, to understand vision and how it is translated into the language of photography, to develop pride in succeeding at a seemingly impossible task.

"The poignant portraits in this book are a celebration of life. You will marvel at the outcome of this photographic experiment, especially if you take the time to meditate on the expressions on the faces of the subjects."

--"The 25 Best Books of 2002," THE Magazine

96 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Edward Hoagland (born December 21, 1932, in New York, New York) is an author best known for his nature and travel writing. His non-fiction has been widely praised by writers such as John Updike, who called him "the best essayist of my generation."

Reviews

[Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

A photography collective of low-vision and blind people from New York in the 1990s made this collection for sighted people. It is striking, full of interviews with the participants, and an interesting experiment in sensation and understanding of how others see.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, sort of awesome. Incredibly dream and tragic.

[José Van Rosmalen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boek over fotografie door blinde mensen, vandaar de titel.