Photography for Blind People!?
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Anyone else listening to BBC R4 ..... ?
Starting to get fascinating.
And here for those of you not listening to the Wireless at the mo
Starting to get fascinating.
And here for those of you not listening to the Wireless at the mo
Edited by beano500 on Tuesday 19th January 20:53
Simpo Two said:
To me it seems as sensible as paraplegic mountain climbing.
Worse - at least a paraplegic could make a decent fist (no pun) of climbing using just hands. Can't actually see (no pun again) how someone blind could ever either do or gain any pleasure from photography! Seems rather like taking someone deaf to a gig...cruel and unnecessary!My guess is it's all about people 'trying not to be disabled', which I applaud in principle, but I do feel needs to be applied with a certain amount of common-sense...
havoc said:
My guess is it's all about people 'trying not to be disabled', which I applaud in principle, but I do feel needs to be applied with a certain amount of common-sense...
Maybe it's the reaction they receive upon showing people the images that makes it worthwhile to them :/ each to their own, I guess! Are there any links to some of the images they've taken?Lots of bits of Labrador I expect...
...actually if you get enough and montage them together you could get a Hockney-esque result
(except somebody else would have to do the montaging of course... 'left leg, right ear, tail, another left leg, bit of body, tail again, nose - damn no right leg!')
...actually if you get enough and montage them together you could get a Hockney-esque result
(except somebody else would have to do the montaging of course... 'left leg, right ear, tail, another left leg, bit of body, tail again, nose - damn no right leg!')
//dean said:
havoc said:
My guess is it's all about people 'trying not to be disabled', which I applaud in principle, but I do feel needs to be applied with a certain amount of common-sense...
Maybe it's the reaction they receive upon showing people the images that makes it worthwhile to them :/ each to their own, I guess! Are there any links to some of the images they've taken?I may as well train my (non-existent) pet dog to walk about with a camera strapped to his back and to paw the button strapped to his nose every time he wants to take a photo. The level of artistic merit is the same, i.e. it's an essentially random act.
(Not a slur on the people, more the decision to get involved in something where they simply CAN NOT have any meaningful control over what the result is.)
I need no convincing, what's the problem if blind people enjoy taking photos? Should they not be allowed to? If they enjoy doing it, then excellent!
It's like the guy who drove around knockhill in a ferrari recently, "pointless" as he couldn't see where he was going. He obviously got a total buzz from going around the track (even though he only did about 5mph, if that), that's what life should be all about.
I get odd looks when telling people what I do for a living (building websites that work for all disabilites, including the blind). They come out with some comments, for example, "blind people use the internet?"
It's like the guy who drove around knockhill in a ferrari recently, "pointless" as he couldn't see where he was going. He obviously got a total buzz from going around the track (even though he only did about 5mph, if that), that's what life should be all about.
I get odd looks when telling people what I do for a living (building websites that work for all disabilites, including the blind). They come out with some comments, for example, "blind people use the internet?"
Edited by 4hero on Tuesday 19th January 23:42
4hero said:
I get odd looks when telling people what I do for a living (building websites that work for all disabilites, including the blind).
I think it's becuae you build websites for a living that people give you weird looks....... 
Or, you're beginning to look like those lovely bugs that you keep photographing
But, more seriously, I agree with you - if the blind photographers get any enjoyment out of it then it's worth them doing it. Having a registered blind father who lost the ability to do most things he enjoyed doing (eg gardening, woodwork, reading etc), I'd love it if he could find an interest that gave him some satisfaction again. I do struggle however, to see how much enjoyment the blind photographers would get.
Edited by cirks on Wednesday 20th January 09:25
4hero said:
I get odd looks when telling people what I do for a living (building websites that work for all disabilites, including the blind). They come out with some comments, for example, "blind people use the internet?"
just wanted to say, thats a really decent job you do - internet must be very important to blind or people with all sorts of other disabilities- perfect way to keep in contact and meet others. in the past with no internet, a lot of disabled people must have felt quite isolated and alone at timesSimpo Two said:
To be fair many if not most people classified blind (they prefer 'severely sight impaired') have some vision, in which case I can see how taking photos can be therapeutic in a way.
This is true. Mrs Get is running a teleconference as I type with 8 'blind' people and only 2 of them have no sight whatsoever.
I can't see it myself.
Erm - no, sorry, what I meant to say is: I am with 4hero on this one.
I started thinking how incongruous it would be if blind people take an interest in what sighted people can do, but sighted people don't take the trouble ot reciprocate and understand/see things from the blind and partially sighted view. Good on the photographers that volunteer to help in projects like this
Erm - no, sorry, what I meant to say is: I am with 4hero on this one.
I started thinking how incongruous it would be if blind people take an interest in what sighted people can do, but sighted people don't take the trouble ot reciprocate and understand/see things from the blind and partially sighted view. Good on the photographers that volunteer to help in projects like this
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