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Seeing Beyond Sight Photo Challenge by the band-aid bandit, SNORLAX

April 18th, 2007 9:50 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.

GOLDEN GATE PARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sarah #1

Sarah #1

"I liked asking people to pose for photographs. I told them to smile and they did!"


Sarah #2

Sarah #2

"Blind, I noticed things I usually don't notice. I felt the temperature of the tree and it was cold. I felt the tree's wrinkles and they were rough."


Sarah #3

Sarah #3

"I heard the sound of the skateboard and I got excited. I could tell he was flying. He talked to us too, and I kept hearing his skateboard, so he was talking with us as he was passing us by and that was cool to experience blind."


Shenanigoat #1

Shenanigoat #1

self-portrait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Shenanigoat #2

Shenanigoat #2

a tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Shenanigoat #3

Shenanigoat #3

I stepped in mud


Shenanigoat #4

Shenanigoat #4

I'm normally very very shy, and I found it was especially difficult to speak to strangers.


Shenanigoat #5

Shenanigoat #5

brief conversation about the photography experiment


Shenanigoat #6

Shenanigoat #6

I heard voices in the distance, so I turned around and snapped a picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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nice vision graphic!
posted by Tony Deifell on May 2nd, 2007 11:27 PM

Brent & Sarah! I love the graphic you repeated from the Seeing Beyond Sight book!!! Cool. And great pics.

nice vision graphic!
posted by Tony Deifell on May 2nd, 2007 11:28 PM

Brent & Sarah! I love the graphic you repeated from the Seeing Beyond Sight book!!! Cool. And great pics.

Thank You Tony for the compliment
posted by the band-aid bandit on May 3rd, 2007 7:29 PM

I was inspired by the simple yet attentive design of your book. I could see you gave the whole of the book a lot of thought. Thank you.