seeing with photography collective

[artonic]

I came across Seeing With Photography Collective's website. This group's work is eerie and captivating, and the group's method - and unique perspective - is fascinating. Their process literally sheds new light on the photographic subject and methodology.

From the website: "Seeing with Photography Collective is a group of photographers based in New York City who are visually impaired, sighted and totally blind. Coming from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, we share an awareness of sight loss, along with the determination to dialogue and integrate our images into a more universal context. Sighted assistants focus and compose the view camera’s frame directed by the blind artist. Then, in a darkened room, we leave the camera’s shutter open as we slowly paint our sitter with a small flashlight ...human scaled exposures, lasting many minutes, rather than the instant shutter click we typically hear. Luminous distortions, blurred or glowing forms result from the technique, not digital altering. The nature of our visual limitations can provoke any viewer or perceiver of these portraits...Is less, more? What is seeing? What does one choose to see?"

http://www.seeingwithphotography.com

[bob carnie]

Wow , very interesting and beatiful images.

[dwross]

Thank you for sharing this. It's been awhile since photography (besides the war variety) has brought tears to my eyes. "What is seeing? What does one choose to see?" Very good questions.

[Michael Slade]

Wow, what a site. I'm having my students look at this. We'll talk about it next Tuesday...I want to give them a week to digest it and think about it before talking about it in class.

THANK YOU for this very intriguing photography link.