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Visionary : Pete ECKERT

Seeing the World without Seeing It

Taking photos as a blind photographer is like going on a fishing trip. When you go flyfishing the whole environment is investigated; you learn about the fishes’ favorite food, their habits and fears. You learn to cast and play with well-crafted tools. Then, if you are lucky and skilled, you catch a fish. You touch it briefly as you unhook it and let it go. The satisfaction is the confirmation. This is what taking photos is for PeteEckert. He cannot see his own work but sees it better than sighted viewers do in galleries. He knows exactly what he produces - it is a fish he lets slip into the stream of the sighted world. The award-winning visual artist tells us an inspiring tale of ‘seeing without seeing’ and a true vision that can help us better understand the world that we are surrounded by.