See  Through  My  Eyes  

Fotosynthesis  London  

Fotosynthesis  is  a  not-­‐for-­‐profit  organisa9on  that  uses  par9cipatory  photography  to  develop  skills,  give  a  voice  to  people  and  encourage  community  cohesion.  

We  are  a  Community  Interest  Company  that  uses  par9cipatory  photography  to  give  a  voice  to  people,  develop  skills  and  encourage  social  cohesion.  We  run  a  darkroom  and  a  studio  space  to  offer  a  plaEorm  for  self-­‐expression  where  both  community  groups  and  individuals  can  access  affordable  photography  training  and  facili9es.  

By  Ross  Ros  

By  Ingrid  Ayunkuyen  Guyon  

Kurt  Weston  

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Floaters  

The  Image  Fix  

Journey  Through  Darkness  

BECKY  LETTENBERGER  

Ul9mate  Rush"  by  Kurt  Weston.  "These  photographs  are  about  the  realiza9on  of  loss,  about  losing  your  facade.  They  say,  'This  is  your  new  reality.  This  is  your  strange  new  flesh.  Let's  take  a  

look.'  "  

The  New  York-­‐based  Seeing  With  Photography  

How  can  someone  be  a  blind  photographer?  Or  rather,  why  would  someone  want  to  be?  A  new  exhibit  on  display  at  the  University  of  California  Riverside/California  Museum  of  Photography  explores  these  ques9ons,  through  art  created  by  some  of  the  world's  most  renowned  blind  photographers.  Evgen  Bavcar,  one  of  the  featured  ar9sts  in  the  Sight  Unseen  exhibit,  says,  "My  images  are  fragile;  I've  never  seen  them,  but  I  know  they  exist,  and  some  of  them  have  touched  me  deeply."    

Dr.  Wayne  Lynch  

“I  sat  in  my  first  photo  blind  nearly  40  years  ago.    I  remember  my  excitement  as  if  it  happened  only  yesterday.    I  had  made  the  blind  from  green  burlap  supported  by  aluminum  poles  and  set  it  up  in  shallow  water  about  30  meters  from  a  nes9ng  common  loon.    When  the  bird  climbed  atop  its  shoreline  nest  my  heart  was  pounding  so  loudly  I  was  certain  the  noise  would  frighten  the  loon  away.    In  the  decades  since  then  I  have  used  blinds  as  oden  as  I  could.  “  

Red  Fox  

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Portait  of  Sonia  Soberats  by  Steven  Erra  

A  well-­‐known  member  of  the  aforemen9oned  Seeing  With  Photography  Collec9ve,  Soberats  lost  her  eyesight  amid  several  trauma9c  life  experiences.  Her  only  son  and  daughter  passed  away  within  several  years  of  one  another,  vic9ms  of  Hodgkin’s  Disease  and  Ovarian  Cancer.  Unlike  many  other  impaired  photographers,  she  did  not  become  a  photographer  un9l  ader  her  blindness  was  fully  realized.  

Image  courtesy  of  Sonia  Soberats  

Her  haun9ng,  whimsical  abstrac9ons  are  oden  the  focus  of  momentous,  transforma9ve  happenings.  Miss  Soberats’  crea9ons  seem  to  be  evoca9ons  of  her  emo9onally  taxing  journey,  and  ul9mately  a  powerful  form  of  chao9c  albeit  beau9ful  expression.