Jim Low - singer/songwriter

 

A SHOT IN THE DARK: Photography and Visual Impairment

(Part 1)

'Uncertain ground is lying in wait. I might
Be tripped by any forward step. For I'm
That prisoner shuffling through the dream of time ...'

[from Stephen Edgar's translation of Jorge Luis Borges' sonnet The Blind Man]

 

In the late 1980s I was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition. I am now legally blind and the limited sight I still possess is very precious to me. I have always enjoyed photography and my camera has now become a convenient, surrogate set of eyes. I get to appreciate what my camera has seen, with a little help from me, when I later download my photographs and view them on my large computer screen.

Faces are revealed and topographic details come to life. Like a drone, I can glide over my pictures, enlarging them as I discover things that I was unaware of when the image was taken . I am often rewarded with many wonderful surprises. Unless otherwise stated, all the photographs were taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ35 digital camera, have not been edited, are owned by me and can only be used with my permission.

Jim Low
June 2014

GALLERY 1
Click on a photo for more about the image and a larger view.

THE NEWLYWEDS

The Newlyweds

 

IN THE FRAME

In the Frame

 

COCKATOO FEEDING

Cockatoo Feeding

THE BIG DUCK

The Big Duck

 

SUNSET AT THE BLUFF

Sunset at the Bluff

 

THE FRIENDLY KOOKABURRA

Friendly kookaburra

FUNGI

Fungi

 

BERMAGUI PELICAN

Bermagui Pelican

 

TREE TRUNK

Tree Trunk