Archive for the ‘Photo Gallery’ Category:
Bhavesh Patel
Bhavesh was born blind. He is a student of St. Xavier’s College Mumbai, his interest in movies is reflected in the storyboard like series of pictures taken by him.
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I had lot of sound around me to point the camera, these are some random clicks - Bhavesh Patel
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- Pic No: BP002
By touch I am familiar with this space of my college, the challenge was to photograph it as I went up the staircase. My sighted friends tells me that the space has turn “visually” unfamiliar, but in my “memory of touch” it is just the same space - Bhavesh Patel
Satvir Yogi
Satvir was born with low vision in both eyes. He is a student of St. Xavier’s College Mumbai and has interest in computer and music.
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- Pic No: SY001
Reflection on puddle of water look similar to the silhouette that I see in real life due to low vision - Satvir Yogi
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I measured the space by touch and placed by myself in relation to the space above - Satvir Yogi
Vaibhav Girkar
Vaibhav has low vision in both eyes. He is student of St. Xavier’s College Mumbai and has interest in sports and music.
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- Pic No. VR001
We were not allowed to touch at the art gallery. Instead of touch I took this picture - Vaibhav Girkar
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- Pic No: VG002
The space was new to us, so the sound inside the tunnel. With my low vision I tried to capture the graffiti around me - Vaibhav Girkar
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- Pic No: VG003
I'm trying to be in “touch” with our art, culture and heritage - Vaibhav Girkar
Ravi Thakur
Ravi was born blind. He studied in St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and completed master degree in Social Science. Currently he is working with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in Mumbai
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- Pic No: RT001
I was initially confused to hear sound of a cycle from the sea side, after hinted by sighted companion I followed the sound to take this picture - Ravi Thakur
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- Pic No:RT002
Based on description by sighted companion I could see the beauty of the architecture in my mind’s eye - Ravi Thakur
Mahesh Umrrania
Mahesh Umrrania
”Photography reconnects me to the visual world to which I always belong”
I could manager to touch the lower branches of the tree and feel the warmth of the summer sun over my head.
By imagining the “designer” shadow on the footpath, I took this picture - Mahesh Umrrania
Window had always fascinated me as a kid with normal sight but it was not the same as I slowly lost my sight completely
Taking this photograph made me ’see’ through the window better than ever before - Mahesh Umrrania
As a student of Indian classical music I wanted to photograph the music room.
Interestingly these series of pictures are my ‘visual journey’ to reach my musical destination - Mahesh Umrannia
I was made aware of a mirror in the toilet. I have no memories of faces after losing complete sight, taking a ‘self-portrait’ may help me to remember the lost faces - Mahesh Umrannia
Closed door ‘seen’ by closed eyes - Mahesh Umrrania
I placed the camera away from my body on the top of the palm at 90 degree from ground. My judgment and intuition worked - Mahesh Umrrania
Raju Singh
Raju Singh was born with normal sight. His eye condition deteriorated with time and developed partial blindness at the age of five. Presently he has low vision with limited depth of field, he can see the objects like one would see through glass covered with thick grease, far the object foggier it appears. He studied in a blind school, currently working as computer instructor with a corporate. He had taken pictures before.
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- Pic No:SR001
While going around the place I can feel the change of temperature, it suggested the contract of light. I wanted to capture “light within darkness” As movement of the man was described to me I could capture more than what I wanted - Raju Singh
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- Pic No:SR002
I followed the sound from the sky to capture flying Helicopter - Raju Singh
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..... and foggy moving ‘dot’ on the beach to capture the running dog - Raju Singh
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I get very close to objects to see it ‘somewhat’ clearly. My limited sight make the normal sighted people see the abstractness they wouldn’t see otherwise - Rahu Singh
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I was learning ways to judge size of objects and by moving around and by touch I came to know about the magnitude of the architectural structure. By refreshing my sense of geometry I took this picture - Raju Singh
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- Pic No:SR006
It may be interesting to dream this image with “closed eyes” but it was even more existing to create it with traditional multiple exposure by imagining it with my open eyes with limited sight - Raju Singh
Kanchan Pamnani
Kanchan Pamnani is a solicitor who specializes in civil and corporate matters. The interest in photography was evident when she bought her first camera while still in school however the interest had to lie in abeyance during the period of some vision, low vision and no vision.
Life is bigger than it appears - Kanchan Pamnani
Sunil Bhavsar
“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
Praveen Bhosale
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
Nikhil Mundhe
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