Blind Photography

This photo was taken Hannah Marlin as a high school senior project. She titled the photo blind. It struck me as blind photography for a few reasons. First the person in the picture has their eyes closed, making them blind to their surroundings. The background helps capture this feeling because there is nothing but darkness with a little corner of light. Making the viewer blind to everything except for the girl. What really struck me though was the lace around her head. it reminded me of a gauze wrap that someone who sustained an eye injury, that may have left them blind, might have around their head.

I thought this photo fit into the idea of sight and gaze. While I and my two friends on the right are looking up at the Dome of the vatican, my friend on the left (with what almost look like blind glasses) is staring off in a completely opposite direction, as if he was in fact blind and therefore did not know where everyone was focusing their attention.