Time magazine features 18 of the photos from the exhibit on its Web site. The photo pictured is by
Gerardo Nigenda, called "Entre lo invisible y lo tangible, llegando a la homeostasis emocional." Here's the description of the photo:
Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, the 42-year-old Nigenda calls his images "Fotos cruzados," or "intersecting photographs." As he shoots, he stays aware of sounds, memories, and other sensations. Then he uses a Braille writer to punch texts expressing those the things he felt directly into the photo. The work invokes an elegant double blindness: Nigenda needs a sighted person to describe the photo, but the sighted rely on him to read the Braille. The title of this work translates roughly to: "Between the invisible and the tangible, reaching an emotional homeostasis."
The description of the
Sight Unseen exhibit, which is curated by Douglas McCulloh and runs May 2 - August 29, 2009.
Sight Unseen presents work by twelve of the most accomplished blind photographers in the world. It is the first major museum exhibition on a rich subject full of paradox and revelation. This exhibition occupies the ground zero of photography.
This inherently conceptual work proposes a surprising central thesis—blind photographers possess the clearest vision on the planet. Many of these artists populate the galleries of their minds with vivid images, and use cameras to bring their inward visions into the world of the sighted. Others deploy cameras to capture the outside world, but operate free of sight-driven selection and self-censorship. In both cases, the results are enchanting, original, and important.
Time magazine features 18 of the photos from the exhibit on its Web site. The photo pictured is by Gerardo Nigenda, called "Entre lo invisible y lo tangible, llegando a la homeostasis emocional." Here's the description of the photo:
