Residency photo workshop for the visually impaired organised by Blind With Camera & GOA-CAP from 13th to 15th August 2011 at Goa

The Beyond Sight Foundation (Blind With Camera) in collaboration with Goa - Centre for Alternative Photography (www.goa-cap.com) has organized residency photography workshop for the visually impaired from 13th to 15th August 2011 in Goa. The workshops will be from 9am to 7pm, all 3 days.

Objective of the workshop: Give the visually imapired participants new experience of alternative photography, cultivate their inner creative abilities and to make exhibition quality photographs.

Skills required for participants: Visually impaired should have basic knowledge of photography and has been taking pictures.

Activities at the workshop:   has  2 parts - first "taking" of pictures and secondly printing of pictures. Details are given below -

1.New ways to take pictures will be done by SLR camera which are converted into pinhole, slit camera, fitting a glass (with thick bottom) / butter paper on a lens and use of matchbox pinhole camera. Also explore "light painting" techniques using a source of light in dark room. The subject of photographs can be portraits,  still objects and buildings. Taking of picture will done for one and half  days. Partho the founder of Beyond Sight Foundation / Blind With Camera will brief interested participants and help
to trigger in them visualization (creative visual thinking) so each participants are read with at least 15 images in their mind to create at the workshop.

2. Exposure to Darkroom   focus on the printing, normal and some basic alternative techniques. Most print will be of 4 x 6 inches, good one will printed for 8 x 10 inches. Darkroom session can happen for one and half days.

Camera, Film, Other photo equipments: Will be provide by Blind With Camera & GOA CAP

Boarding, Food & Local Transport: Beyond Sight Foundation will make hotel booking, food arrangement for participants and vehicle for out shoot and pickups.

Cost of the Workshop: Workshop is free of cost, however participants have to pay for their bus fare from Mumbai to Goa and return to Mumbai. All other expenses like hotel, food (without alcohol) and local conveyance will be taken care by the Beyond Sight Foundation.

Start Journey Date: By Bus on 12th August latest 7pm from Mumbai (reach Goa by 7or 8am on 13th)

Return Journey Date: By Bus / train on 15th August after 8 pm from Goa (reach Mumbai by 9/10am on 16th)

Beyond the Workshop:  Pictures coming out of the workshop will be exhibited organised by the foundation. New ways to take pictures learned by you can be used by you to create your personal porfolio of photographic work.

This residency workshop offer huge opportunity to explore beyond your limitation of sight and elevate to new creative heights.

Please confirm your participation by Monday 11th July to Partho by return mail or SMS.

For more information, contact:

Partho Bhowmick
Initiator of Blind With Camera project
Founder of Beyond Sight Foundation
Mumbai, India
Mobile:  +91-9821474731
www.blindwithcamera.org, www.blindwithcameraschool.org 

About Beyond Sight Foundation
Beyond Sight Foundation is a nonprofit organisation promoting social integration of people with visual impairment by building capacity for
"Non-Retinal" Art culture in India. We provide  training in art, development of creative skills, opportunity to exhibit artworks, equal access to art, economic opportunity for people with visual impairment and conduct sensitization workshops for sighted people to bridge the gap between "us and "them" and increase tolerance in society.