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englishwaffle
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Seeing Beyond Sight Photo Challenge by englishwaffle

March 18th, 2007 8:46 AM

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.

Hardest part of this task was trying to stay blind. I can walk fin blindfolded, but as soon as it was time to snap, I wanted to open my eyes so badly. At some point I just started snapping away without any direction. As a result I got some cool shots. But, most were just of the floor.

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my attempt to shoot something red. . .


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I remember hearing water falling. This is one of my random photos trying to get that. Instead, I got grim scenic shot of an unplowed street.


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Following weird sound. . .


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following the "monster" truck. . .



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posted by Lizard Boy on March 18th, 2007 11:00 AM

Those are some really awesome pictures, congrats!