Smith Week #5: Blind Photography

This picture caught my attention as an example of blind photography. However, I chose to post it this week because it toys with the idea of the gaze. Typically, the audience gazes at a photography and there is some fulfillment for the audience because they believe they can begin to understand what is portrayed in the work. In this photograph, on the other hand, the audience is robbed of their ability to gaze at the principle subject of the photograph which is behind the corner and out of sight. The audience is left in the dark when they are accustomed to the light.