[nfb-talk] Blind Photographer

Sat Feb 10 10:29:31 CST 2007

To me, it is just one more thing that we are capable of doing that some of 
us did not know we could do and that the world definitely does not know we 
can do. I don't think it goes much beond that.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
To: <william.ritchhart at sbcglobal.net>; "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind Photographer


> Yeah, it shows that, but it doesn't, as this "shows something about the
> blind" would imply, expose our soul or our inner selves to the world. 
> That
> is what I was getting at.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Wm. Ritchhart
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:07 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind Photographer
>
> Yes it does show something!  A blind photographer can take just as crummy 
> or
> just as good a picture as the average sighted person.
>
> I really cannot see the big deal.  Today for the most part, you point the
> camera at the target and push the button.  What is the big deal
> about that?
>
>
> William
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Alan Wheeler
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind Photographer
>
> Actually?  I wouldn't put too much into this whole idea of photographs
> showing the viewer something about the blind person who took the photows.
> Sounds like (pardon my language) artsy-fartsy talk for saying that 
> artistic
> expression is an expression of a person's soul.  Not that I wholeheartedly
> agree with that, but that is what I think those people are trying to say
> when they say that the photos show them something about being blind.
> LOL!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of Brian Miller
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 8:37 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind Photographer
>
> I certainly think there is nothing wrong with wanting to understand how
> photography works, take pictures, or have pictures taken of you to show to
> others -- this is all part of understanding and engaging in a world that 
> is
> relentlessly visual and driven by the photographic image.  However, I stop
> short when the sighted assert that a blind guy taking pictures somehow 
> tells
> them something about being blind, apart from the fact that the blind 
> person
> is less likely to get off a good picture.
>
> Brian Miller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 6:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind Photographer
>
>
>> GW:
>>
>> As I said, I have no objection to blind persons operating cameras
> though I
>> cannot for the life of me fathom what they (the blind persons) would
> get
> out
>> of the exercise other than being able to play with nifty gadgetry.
> Where I
>> got off the train was when the one of the persons quoted in the
> article
>> maintained that viewing the photos would give the sighted a glimpse of
> the
>> world of the blind. To engage in aliteration for a moment, that's pure
>> piffle!
>>
>> BTW, I think it's quite important that blind persons have some grasp
> of
> the
>> visual arts, if for no other reason that they are part of the culture
> we
>> inhabit. So more power to you!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "George McDermith" <blind_paladin at yahoo.com>
>> To: <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:26 AM
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Blind Photographer
>>
>>
>>             Greetings all!
>>
>>               I just joined up with the list and am pleased I did so.
>> Engaging dialog seems to be the name of the game on this list.  I
> should
>> have expected it with RyanO and other delightful people I recognize
>> involved.  *smile*
>>
>>               Regarding the blind photographer I think the issue can
> be
>> taken many different ways.  On the one hand of course passing is silly
> and
>> not useful.  On the other hand I find nothing harmful from my
> viewpoint of
>> doing something one enjoys, regardless of what it is.  If I enjoy
> having
>> pictures described to me at an art museum, an activity most view as a
>> sighted one, am I attempting to be sighted?  Would individuals mistake
> me
>> for such, or would they view my different enjoyment of a common
> activity
> as
>> an alternative technique.  Some of course will be ignorant, but they
> will
> be
>> so regardless of whether I am doing something I enjoy or not.
> Additionally
>> I can take the opportunity to educate them on what blindness is and
> isn't.
>>
>>               I believe this photo story falls into this category of
> blind
>> people doing something they enjoy.  My thoughts anyway, I am looking
> forward
>> to a great discussion on it.
>>
>>               Many thanks for having me on this list, it will be
> superb.
>>
>>               Sincerely,
>>
>>               G.W. (George McDermith, Colorado Springs)
>>
>>
>>
>>   "I can do all things through him who strengthens me." -Philippians
> 4:13
>> (ESV)
>>
>>   www.christian-gamers-guild.org/sof.html
>>
>>
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