[Art_beyond_sight_advocacy] RE Urgent! Visually Impaired and Blind Photographers - Final

Wed Jun 10 07:53:25 UTC 2015

Dear Simon,

We started our German blog www.bildbeschreibungen.wordpress.com some years
ago, but we wanted to make our projects more widely available so we started
setting up an English website recently.
 www.photonarrations.wordpress.com.

Pictures for the blind and sighted was initiated by Berlin based
photographer Karsten Hein who did a series of portraits of blind and
visually impaired people. Some of his models said they would like to try
photography themselves. So Karsten started workshops for them. He offers
modules on blind photography on the Alice Salomon academy in Berlin. 

Each photographer gets a group of students who assist him or her in taking
and selecting pictures for the final exhibition. In order to do that the
students described the pictures in more detail. 

We wanted to make pictures and descriptions available to the public so we
set up our blogs. Picture descriptions are an art form consisting of picture
and text. Describing pictures to blind people makes sighted people question
the way they see and teaches them to look closer. Furthermore, it encourages
dialogue and better understanding on both sides.

We’re always looking for blind photographers to send us pictures to be
described and to write texts about their art. Sighted people who want to
describe pictures are welcome to get in touch too:

Pictesc at gmail.com

You can also find us on:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/picdesc?ref=hl
Twitter https://twitter.com/PicDesc
Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/100026505628248020097/posts

Another of our projects was a fashion show with Braille texts on the
clothes. Models and visitors were blind. The exhibition consisting of the
clothes and a picture series is currently touring Germany.

All the best
Tina 

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From: simon [mailto:simonhayhoe at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 5:34 PM
To: kaosskwien at gmail.com; art_beyond_sight_advocacy at nfbnet.org
Subject: RE: [Art_beyond_sight_advocacy] RE Urgent! Visually Impaired and
Blind Photographers - Final

Dear Tina,
Funnily enough, we are also about to hold an inclusive photography work shop
in a month's time. I would be very interested in your work and possible
tie-ins. Please see details below:

Photography Workshop for Blind, Visually Impaired and Sighted Students using
iPads, Smartphones and Cameras

Developing a Narrative Portfolio Using Smart Technologies and cameras

Dates: Thursday 2nd July 2015 – Sunday 5th July 2015 (inclusive)

Times:  10am – 4 pm (Thursday-Saturday), 10am – 1 pm (Sunday)

Locations: Canterbury Christ Church University Central Campus (North Holmes
Road, Canterbury) and Turner Contemporary, Margate. Field work will also be
conducted on Margate’s Sea Front, and at Canterbury Cathedral.

Experience needed: All levels of skill and experience are welcome.

Cost: The workshop is free. However, please arrange your own meals,
transport and accommodation.

Equipment needed: iPads are available for use over the weekend, however if
you wish to use smartphones and cameras please bring your own equipment.

The Equality, Social Justice and Inclusion Theme Group, Faculty of
Education, Canterbury Christ Church University is conducting a photography
workshop in Canterbury and Margate in early July for blind, visually
impaired and sighted photographers alike. The workshop will be run in
conjunction with Dr Noemi Pena Sanchez, from Valladolid University, Spain.
She has expertise in the development of photography courses and workshops
for people of all levels of sight and experience.

The workshop will allow all participants to learn camera work and skills
through a series of directed photography tasks. The tasks are aimed at
experts and beginners alike, and the use of tablet computers and smart
phones as photographic devices are encouraged alongside the use of more
traditional cameras.

If you would like to book a place on the course, please email:
simon.hayhoe at canterbury.ac.uk before the 25th June 2015. Please state
whether you want to attend the entire four days or selected days.

Itinerary & Locations

Thursday 2nd July: Canterbury Christ Church University - teaching room and
around the campus.

Friday 3rd July: Canterbury Christ Church University in the morning, and
then Canterbury Cathedral in the afternoon. These are UNESCO World Heritage
sites.

Saturday 4th July: Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate, in the morning, and
Margate beach and sea front in the afternoon.

Sunday 5th July: Canterbury Christ Church University in the morning,
evaluation and finish until lunch.

Best wishes and cheers,

Simon

Dr. Simon Hayhoe FBCS, FRSA

Canterbury, UK. Alternative email address: editor at blindnessandarts.com

> To: art_beyond_sight_advocacy at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 16:10:56 +0200
> Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_advocacy] RE Urgent! Visually Impaired and 
> Blind Photographers - Final
> From: art_beyond_sight_advocacy at nfbnet.org
> CC: kaosskwien at gmail.com
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> hi everyone,
> 
> I'm visually impaired and I'm also interested in blind photography.
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> I work for a German blog that runs photography workshops for visually 
> impaired and blind people and gets sighted people to describe the 
> pictures in texts. The outcome is a new form of art consisting of 
> picture and descriptive text. This project furthers the dialogue 
> between the sighted and the blind. Many of our sighted participants 
> said this experience made them see differently.
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> We're currently setting up an English blog which you can find under 
> www.photonarrations.wordpress.com
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> Are there any other blind photographers in this list?
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> We're always searching for blind photographers who want to submit 
> their pictures or write texts about their art. Also get in touch if 
> you know anyone who would like to describe pictures. It is a good 
> creative writing exercise.
> 
> All the best
> Tina
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 08:53:07 -0400
> From: Elisabeth Axel <elisabethaxel at aol.com>
> To: art_beyond_sight_advocacy at nfbnet.org,
> art_beyond_sight_learning_tools at nfbnet.org,
> artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org
> Cc: nataliablauth at gmail.com
> Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_advocacy] Fw: Urgent! Visually Impaired and 
> Blind Photographers - Final University Project Questionnaire
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> Date: Monday, June 8, 2015 at 8:39 AM
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> Subject: Urgent! Visually Impaired and Blind Photographers - Final 
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> My name is Natalia, I'm a product design student from Porto Alegre, 
> Brazil, and I'm doing my university final project about 
> visually-impaired and blind photographers. I did an online 
> questionnaire that intents to understand better who are the blind 
> photographers around the world and what kind of needs, expertises and 
> desires they have. At the end of my project, my aim is to design a 
> product that can somehow make an easier/better/stronger connection 
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> I came here to ask your help to share this with as many 
> visually-impaired and blind photographers as possible, because I'm 
> facing some dificulties to find people to answer it. Would you mind 
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