An exhibition called ‘Sight Unseen’ has opened at the California Museum of Photography which showcases the work of twelve blind photographers from around the world. I like the mix of Bruce Hall’s images of his autistic son with the own idea of his visual impairment. There is a great quote on the California Museum’s website -
“The matter isn’t how a blind person takes photographs, but rather why he would want images.” – Evgen Bavcar (Renowned in Europe but little known in the United States, Bavcar lost his eyes in two separate childhood accidents)
Here are some of Bruce Hall’s images from this series “Autism“
I definitely subscribe to this quote by Benjamin Mayer-Foulkes also from the Museum’s website.
“…all photographers, in the end, imagine and remember their images much more than they actually perceive them… In other words, [like a blind photographer], all photographers, in the end, see things with their eyes closed.”
I still find it incredibly hard to see my images with fresh eyes, and not live in the memory of the moment that I took the picture, or even the memory of how I thought the picture would turn out. This is certainly why I find group criticism as a good way to ‘re-see’ my work -
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