How Blind Photographers Visualize the World

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4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A new exhibit at the Bedford gallery in Walnut Creek challenges our assumptions about what it means to see. “Sight Unseen” features the work of 13 blind photographers from around the world who use photography in very different ways. In describing his process Pete Eckert of Sacramento writes, “vision is so strong that it masks other senses, other abilities… I feel light so strongly that it allows me to see the bones of my skeleton as pulsating energy.” Scottish artist Rosita McKenzie said, “I sense the light on my face. I hear the rustle of the wind in the trees or smell the fragrance of the flowers in the air, and I think: I’ve really got to take this.” We’ll talk with the curator and featured artists from “Sight Unseen” about how sight-impaired people reveal the world as they see it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.3	Thank you. From KQED. From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal. How do we perceive the world?
0:51.3	That's the question at the heart of a new photography exhibition at the Bedford Gallery
0:55.8	in Walnut Creek, sight unseen, which presents the work of acclaimed blind photographers.
1:02.6	I visited this week and these images are arresting.
1:05.7	They're surprising, fascinating, beautiful, and so is the way that these photographers describe
1:10.8	their process.
1:12.1	Pete Eckert of Sacramento contends that vision is so strong that it masks other senses,
1:17.6	other abilities. I feel light so strongly that allows me to see the bones of my skeleton
1:22.1	as pulsating energy. We'll talk about what this exhibit teaches us about sight, disability, and art that's after this news.
1:36.1	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. You walk into the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek to their new show,
1:43.6	Site Unseen.
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