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Seeing Beyond Sight: Photographs by Blind Teenagers: Photography helped some students see better

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Several students could, in fact, literally see the world better by taking pictures. Even though some students were partially sighted, they often struggled to see the three-dimensional world because of focusing problems, tunnel vision, and other challenges. Two-dimensional photographs capture a broad view of a scene in one, small place. Students could hold these images close to their eyes, magnify them, or hold them in the best light. At the same time, photographs provide both a wide perspective and detail. As George Covington, a well-known photographer who was born legally blind, puts it, “Most people see to photograph; I photograph to see.”


Page name: Photography helped some students see better
Last editor: Tony Deifell - how do you see the world? (CCAL30) (1179)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:57:11 PST
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