Photos by Blind Photographers

(c) by the artist, courtesy of UCR/California Museum of Photography

Pete Eckert, Electroman
One of Eckert's techniques involves using a composite body view camera mounted on a tripod. Focusing with notches carved into a focus rail, he throws his studio into total darkness, opens the shutter, and roams the space "painting" his image with light, using flashlights, candles, lasers and other devices.

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