Why photography is huge with blind people

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Why Photography Is A Growing Hobby Among The Blind It seems almost like an oxymoron, but a growing online community is full of blind photographers producing stunning images against the odds. But how, and why? CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO READ MORE HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Erle Stanley Gardner, author "Dear Editor: It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check." Why Erotic Makeovers for the Classics Are 50 Shades Too Far Stephen R. Covey Dies At 79 World's First Live Art Gallery Opens At Tate Modern's Tanks 50 Shades Of Bronte? Brain-Mossed BLOG POSTS Jamie Andrews: You Can Tell the Olympics Are Coming At the British Library, we were aware that summer 2012 demanded something special for our major exhibition programme. From the manuscript of Beowulf, to the notebooks of J. G. Ballard, the Library has the finest collection of English Literature in the world, and the opportunity to open up this literary treasure-house to visitors in 2012 seemed irresistible. Marc Paterson: Ode To O2: Blackout Poetry From Twitter Much like during the power cuts of my youth, when the candles came out and the board games were dusted off, the O2 blackout was a time to bring people together, to gather around the collective campfire - or laptops as they're now more commonly described - and make our own entertainment. Richard O'Brien: Poetry Parnassus - An Olympic Acheivement I've never been a fan of poets navel-gazing, but I suppose the truth is that if poetry doesn't gaze into its own navel once in a while, no one else is going to do it for it. And we ought to remember that the medium in which most people encounter poetry isn't the sold book, but the individual poem, read or heard. Jules Evans: Want to Start a Philosophy Group? Here's How I'm one of the organisers of the London Philosophy Club. We're one of hundreds of self-organised ideas and discussion groups that have mushroomed all over the world in the last 10 years. Alan Davey: Digital Exploration The pace of change means we're living in a time of extraordinary possibility for creativity in this country, where digital advances mean our ambition can only be constrained by the limits of our imagination.

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