Blind With Camera

Sunil Bhavsar

0 Comments | This entry was posted on May 25 2009

Snil Bhavsar was born with normal sight and subsequently developed low sight. He is a student of the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind. He has interest in arts & crafts and he plays cricket.

“Taking picture is big fun and lots of exciting”

: By getting closer I would see the light in my blind friend’s eye - Sunil Bhavsar

: I want know how I look when taking picture. Partho sir gave me the idea of using a mirror - Sunil Bhavsar

: I would somewhat see friend Praveen and liked the way he was standing behind the closed window and calling me and his other friends - Sunil Bhavsar

: With my limited sight I tried to position myself at entrance of the main building to capture the most beautiful part of my school - Sunil Bhavsar

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Praveen Bhosale

0 Comments | This entry was posted on May 25 2009

Praveen Bhosale was born with normal sight and subsequently developed partial sight. He is student of the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind, Mumbai. He is interest in arts and crafts and he plays cricket.

“Camera is more than a toy to me, it can capture my imagination.”

: My friend in great mode - Praveen Bhosale

: Talking library of our school - Praveen Bhosale

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Nikhil Mundhe

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Nikhil Mundhe was born with visual disability, he can not see details of a object but can see only foggy outline of a object in daylight. He is a student the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind, Mumbai. He plays tabla and drums and has interest in cricket and football.

“I use to wonder how people take pictures, I’m very happy that I too can take pictures.”

During lunch I followed my math’s teacher to taken his picture. I took some random ‘clicks’ but this one I was sure I will make it. The feel of his presence and sound of the running tap and water in his mouth guided my to point the camera - Nikhil Mundhe

It’s my sight, detail less - Nikhil Mundhe

A friend tries to stop me, he thinks it's a big joke that blind can take pictures. - Nikhil Mundhe

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Sujit Chaurasiya

0 Comments | This entry was posted on May 25 2009

Sujit Chaurasiya was born blind. He is a student of the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind, Mumbai. He plays Flute and has interest in cricket.

“I always wish I would take pictures like my other family members, I had touch camera before but today I can tell the everyone that I can also take pictures.”

: I would hear my friends playing below, I asked one on my partially sighted friend to describe what is in front of me. Based on the description and direction of sound I took this picture with my own judgment - Sujit Chaurasiya

: I followed the direction water and clapping sound made by my friends to take this picture - Sujit Chaurasiya

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Dharmarajan Iyer

0 Comments | This entry was posted on May 24 2009

Dharmarajan Iyer was born with normal sight, but slowly lost complete sight in both eyes by thirties. He currently holds the position of Deputy Director, in the office of Forward Market Commission under the Ministry of Consumer Affair, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. Apart from being an economist and analyst, he helps his family in almost all household activities including cooking.

“I try to set an example by taking the negative and making it positive, both in live and my work, My photographs will be a reflection of the same mission of my live.”

: I could feel the warmth of setting sun; my sighted friend described me the effect of the twig light on the Gateway of India, by imagining it clicked - Dharmarajan Iyer

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Rahul Shirsat

0 Comments | This entry was posted on May 16 2009

Rahul Shirsat was born blind, he is educated in a normal school. He had learned foreign language and currently he is studying computer science. He wants to work in a BPO.

“Photography challenges my senses and helps to sharpen it; my work bridges the gap between the visible and invisible world”

I had taken the underground subway at the Churchgate railway station any times but was unaware of an indicator inside the subway at a touchable height. By touching the indicator I would feel the bulbs as Braille dots and warmth of blowing bulbs of the indicator. On hearing people talking inside the subway from the same direction of my touch, I pointed the camera towards the common direction to take this photograph - Rahul Shirsat

Without any tips, I was asked to photograph the visually impaired kids playing in a room. I had only sound to base my judgment, I used my ‘mind’ to capture the noise – Rahul Shirsat

….. and for this picture I used my ‘heart’ to capture the silence - Rahual Shirsat

The contemporary designed chair next to a old styled big wooden door interested my to convey the co-existence of old and new in our lives - Rahul Shirsat

For me staircase is 'tactile' pattern of steps By taking photograph of my first step out on the staircase, I have captured the reunion of 'tactile' pattern and 'visual' pattern - Rahul Shirsat

I met my friends half way on the staircase, we chat and they left. I would still hear them talking and then there was silence. Sound guided me to point the camera and 'click‘. Sound was my eyes - Rahul Shirsat

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Changing Lives with Photography

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Sunil Bhavsar

Praveen Bhosale

Nikhil Mundhe

Sujit Chaurasiya

Dharmarajan Iyer

Rahul Shirsat