Sight Unseen

SIGHT UNSEEN
International Photography by Blind Artists
May 02, 2009 - August 29, 2009
At the California Museum of Photography

Curated by Douglas McCulloh

SIGHT UNSEEN presents work by the most accomplished blind photographers in the world. It is the first major museum exhibition on a rich subject full of paradox and revelation. This exhibition occupies the ground zero of photography.

Artists
Ralph Baker, New York, New York
Evgen Bavcar, Paris, France
Henry Butler, New Orleans, Louisiana
Pete Eckert, Sacramento, California
Bruce Hall, Irvine, California
Annie Hesse, Paris, France
Rosita McKenzie, Edinburgh, Scotland
Gerardo Nigenda, Oaxaca, México
Michael Richard, Los Angeles, California
Seeing With Photography Collective, New York, New York
Kurt Weston, Huntington Beach, California
Alice Wingwall, Berkeley, California

The inherently conceptual work of SIGHT UNSEEN proposes a surprising central thesis-blind photographers possess the clearest vision on the planet. "Heaven gives its glimpses only to those/Not in a position to look too close," writes the poet Robert Frost. Many of these artists curate their own private, internal galleries of images. Then they use cameras to bring their inner visions into the world of the sighted. "I photograph what I imagine," writes Evgen Bavcar. "You could say I'm a bit like Don Quixote. The originals are inside my head."

To read more about this amazing exhibition please visit the museum's website.

Time.com also has the work featured on their site–A spectacular new exhibit at the University of California, Riverside raises extraordinary questions about the nature of sight.