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Seeing Beyond Sight Photo Challenge by jrandom

March 4th, 2007 3:08 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.


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Beginning. My dog is freaked out by the blindfold and the camera and barks a lot.


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Setting out from my front door.


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Checking out a tree.


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My wife was freaked out that I would get run over doing the challenge, since I went alone. I was fearless (and stupid). This photo catches me right after I stepped into the street by going down a driveway. I felt with my hand until I found the kerb.


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My refuge on the corner, a fire hydrant.


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My one verbal interaction was with this lady. She was very concerned about what I was "taking pictures of." My answer was anything I could hear!



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posted by Sean Mahan on March 5th, 2007 1:25 AM

Props for venturing out alone - but why the glasses over the blindfold?