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Paralympic Games; The Art of Blind Photography

Paralympic Games; The Art of Blind Photography

FromIn Touch


Paralympic Games; The Art of Blind Photography

FromIn Touch

ratings:
Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Aug 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Recently, there has been some criticism about the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games going ahead, due to a rise in coronavirus cases in Tokyo. Despite this, the games have commenced and on the show, we hear about how they were justified from the President of the International Paralympic Committee, Andrew Parsons. And our reporter Mani Djazmi is in Tokyo and will be telling us who to look out for and about the atmosphere within the Tokyo site, given the pandemic restrictions.

And it may seem unlikely that someone who is completely blind can enjoy photography. But we'll be speaking to professional photographers, Pete Eckert and Karren Visser. Karren Visser is progressively losing her sight and she tells us how photography is helping her adapt.

Pete Eckert joins us from Sacramento in California. He has had a plethora of opportunities throughout his career due to his unique style of light photography - including shoots for Volkswagen, Playboy and Swarovski. They'll both be telling us how they do it despite having limited or no sight at all and about what photography means to them.

Website photograph: 0845 3 by Pete Eckert
Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings
Released:
Aug 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted