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Seeing Beyond Sight Photo Challenge by Mind Boggle

September 22nd, 2007 4:59 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Seeing Beyond Sight has partnered with SFZero to challenge you to see the world differently - with more than your eyes.

Welcome new users: SFZero is an ongoing game in which you can choose to participate (or not) after you do the Seeing Beyond Sight Challenge.

Click here for new user registration.

1. Blindfold yourself.
(wear shades or tape your eyes shut)

2. Go out in public and make your way in the world.
(go 1 block, 1 hour or 1 roll of film; go with a friend or alone; make up your own process)

3. Photograph things you notice. And, just notice.
(What do you notice differently about objects, people, actions, interactions?)

4. Embrace the whole experience as much as the picture taking.
(Engage. Have a conversation with people you encounter. Take it all in.)

5. Share your story.
(For each photograph write a caption about your experience - a few lines or several paragraphs if you want.)

6. Challenge some friends to do it.
(email them the link: sf0.org/seeingbeyondsight)

Please don't post all the pictures from your shoot, but chose 1 to 3 that are the best images or are most telling of your experience. Caption the photos describing something about your experience - that is as important as the image itself. Longer stories are welcomed and may be added to www.seeingbeyondsight.org.

If you depend on your eyes to get around, then it is hard not to use them. Although you can tell us about how difficult it is to be blind, focus more on what you noticed about the world as you embarked on this journey.

This experience isn’t about blindness – it is about seeing, noticing and paying attention with more than your eyes.

This challenge was inspired by SEEING BEYOND SIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHY BY BLIND TEENAGERS, a new book published by Chronicle Books.

I took a walk down Haight Street after school on a Friday afternoon. Two friends guided me through the streets while I snapped away as a blind person.

For this task, I took a whole lot of photos. And these were a few lucky ones that turned out surprisingly good.

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Muni

Muni

This was one of the first fews shots I took after embodying the essense of a blind photographer. There was so much noise around me, but the bus that pulled up across the street was the sound that overpowered everything else at the moment.


Bypasser

Bypasser

I was standing still on the corner of a sidewalk trying to get myself into the mindset of a blind person. I was taking random pictures all around me just to familiarize myself with my surrounding sounds. Then, a man who just finished crossing the street decided to pose for a brief second and put himself in my picture. I did not realize he did this until afterwards.


Earphones

Earphones

I was crossing the street and I could hear music blasting out of this man's earphones.


Taxi

Taxi

I was once again waiting to cross the street and I heard a car making a turn around the corner.


Alleyway Mural

Alleyway Mural

I heard the sound of someone coming down the alleyway but I only managed to get the picture of the graffiti piece on the wall of the alley.


Cafe

Cafe

The most wonderful sweet smell of baked goods and coffee was coming from this cafe. This picture is worthess without the sense of smell that accompanies it. I've learned to see with my nose.


Green Light

Green Light

I heard all the engines start up as the light turned green.


Walk

Walk

After crossing numerous streets, I realized that a large group of people make a distinct noise right before they cross the street. It's a combination of the sound of shoes hitting the pavement right after stepping off the curb and the sound murmuring voices that make this unique crowd movement sound.


Rain?

Rain?

I swear I felt a drop of rain fall on the side of my head. I know it looks sunny out, but it's San Francisco weather. As I took the bus home after my shoot, it began to rain pretty hard despite the sun still glowing bright orange.



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posted by ananas on September 22nd, 2007 6:57 PM

My favorite is the Taxi one. And maybe the Green Light one too. Nice pictures! I think I'm afraid of this task because you have to be blindfolded.

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posted by Sean Mahan on September 22nd, 2007 8:12 PM

Haight St is no place to have your senses impaired! I like IKEA/Wasteland

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posted by Lizard Boy on September 23rd, 2007 9:09 AM

Points for publicness!

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posted by Lank on September 24th, 2007 6:37 PM

Excellent documentation of responding to your non-visual senses!

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posted by susy derkins on April 3rd, 2009 9:11 PM

Really nice work on a favorite task.