WIDE EYE OPEN

Type: Event
City: New Delhi
Date: Fri, 2012/10/05 – 6:30pm

 

Alliance Française de Delhi

in association with

Beyond Sight Foundation

 

presents

WIDE EYE OPEN

Exhibition of photographs by the Visually Impaired

 

Opening reception on Friday, 5^th October 2012 at 6:30pm

 

Followed by a brief Choir Concert by the young visually challenged singers trained by The Neemrana Music Foundation

 

At Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Française de Delhi

72, Lodi Estate, New Delhi – 110003

 

The exhibition will be on view until Thursday, 18^th October 2012, 11am – 8pm

WIDE EYE OPEN occupies the ground “zero” of photography, a subject full of paradox and revelation. It is a collection of photographs taken by the visually impaired who were trained in photography since 2006 under the Blind with Camera project of the Beyond Sight Foundation Mumbai.

 

It reveals that a photograph can be made successfully in the mind as much as by the eyes, illuminates a new line of thought, distinct from the way we approach photography – demystifies the polarity between blindness and visual expression, celebrates the human spirit of self-expression, spreads awareness about the challenges and capabilities of the visually impaired, helps to sensitize people and corrects public perception.

 

The exhibition opening will be followed by a brief choir concert by children from The Blind Relief Association and the Deepalaya School, Kalkaji branch trained by The Neemrana Music Foundation who’ll perform an eclectic selection of poems set to music.

 

For more information please log on to www.blindwithcamera.org

Or you can write to [email protected]