Paralympic Games; The Art of Blind Photography
Podcast |
In Touch
Publisher |
BBC
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Blindness
News & Politics
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Publication Date |
Aug 25, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:18:20
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

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