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The annual National Blind Photographers Exhibition (Zenkoku Mojin Shashin-ten \u5168\u56fd\u76f2\u4eba\u5199\u771f\u5c55) featuring photographs taken by blind photographers will be held in Shinjuku, Tokyo as follows:<\/p>\nThe annual National Blind Photographers Exhibition (Zenkoku Mojin Shashin-ten \u5168\u56fd\u76f2\u4eba\u5199\u771f\u5c55) featuring photographs taken by blind photographers will be held in Shinjuku, Tokyo as follows:<\/p>\n
Date\/time: Dec. 7 to 12, 10:00 am – 5 pm
\nPlace: Shinjuku Monolith Building, 1st floor<\/p>\n
When you walk from JR Shinjuku Station, the large building is on the left of the Keio Plaza Hotel (and on the right of the KDDI Building).<\/p>\n
Yes, there\u00a0are\u00a0blind photographers! How do they do it? Well, imagine how you would take pictures if you were blind. First, your ears would serve as a guide. By listening carefully, you can tell where the subject is and how far away. If you want to photograph a person, take the picture when you hear laughter. Your ears can serve well as a guide to when to take the shot.<\/p>\n
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For still-life subjects, you can touch the object (flowers, etc.) and decide which angle to photograph it from. If you’re waiting for a sunrise, feel the heat of the sun on your skin before taking the picture. You can also discern which direction the sun is in. Besides using your other four senses, a major boon is having a seeing person tell you what’s going on and when to take the picture.<\/p>\n
The exhibition is quite big, showing 65 photos. They were selected from among 300 entries. There are two versions of each photo. One is a normal photo, and the other is an embossed or relief version which you can touch and feel.<\/p>\n
A special copying machine by Minolta is used to make this 3-D print. Unfortunately, after Minolta and Konica merged, plans to further develop this special 3D copying machine has been shelved.<\/p>\n
The exhibition is organized by the Nihon Bunka Kyokai (\u65e5\u672c\u6587\u5316\u5354\u4f1a) advised by famous painter Hirayama Ikuo.<\/p>\n