Mind’s eye (Blind With Camera)

“The Blind are not totally Blind. Reality is not totally real”  Photographer – Walker Evans

Once in a while, you come across people who with their own small way are making a huge difference. These are are the real life heroes who inspire us to do what we are doing because their determination, love and struggle gives us hope in our darkest times. One such person I recently met is Partho Bhowmick.

Partho has been teaching photography to blind children in Mumbai through a project BLIND WITH CAMERA. Early 2004, accidentally he picked up an old issue of a photo magazine from a pavement vendor in Mumbai, India to come across an article on Evgen Bavcar, an accomplished blind photographer based in Paris. His passion for photography made him contact Evgen Bavcar over the Internet and got profoundly influenced by his work and philosophy. He engaged himself in self-study on blindness and visual art, and in the process, came in touch with several blind photographers and blind artists around the world and people working towards giving new insight to the blind and their artistic expression. More..

We shared stories of art and gift economy and so moved was he that he instantly decided to share his pictures with others as a gift. To contact him please see his profile in Metta Media and also support him by requesting few pictures on donation basis.