[accessibleimage] Shooting Blind: Photography exhibition in Cleveland

Shooting Blind: Photography by the Visually Impaired exhibition in Cleveland. Link to Seeing with Photography Collective
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Lisa

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Seeing with Photography Collective
http://www.seeingwithphotography.com/swpc_home.html

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It never hurts to challenge our kids in the summer, when their minds are in idle. Give them a thought-provoking nudge with an exhibit opening Saturday at HealthSpace Cleveland, 8911 Euclid Ave., "Shooting Blind: Photography by the Visually Impaired." The photos are from Seeing with Photography, a group of artists with varying degrees of visual abilities who use flashlights, darkness and a technique called "painting with light" for amazing, surreal, beautiful pieces. It's on view through Friday, Sept. 22. Admission is free Saturday; otherwise, it's $7; $5, students and seniors; $3, children 3 and 4; and free, children under 2. Call 216-231-5010.


Book snynopsis from http://www.aperture.org/store/books-detail.aspx?ID=210
Book Synopsis
Shooting Blind: 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 themselves: 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.

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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

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