See Me
This is a self portrait in which I intentionally over-exposed by 2 stops. I wanted to emphasize my eyes because I am visually disabled. If you look closely, you can see my cornea transplant in the eye on the right. The transplant was done because I have a disease called keratoconus. The surgery was unsuccessful and I had many complications, unfortunately, resulting in my being visually disabled. I think this breaks stereotypes because I don't "look" disabled, and my being a visually disabled photographer is even more unusual. And yet my impaired vision impacts the way I live and how I function every single day. It has significantly changed my life both positively and negatively.
7 responses
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David Bowden gave props (24 Jun 2008):
Nice shot, composition and tones. The eyes.... man they get ya every time. Excellent capture
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Abhijit Sanyal gave props (24 Jun 2008):
Great photo.
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Johan Hendrikse gave props (24 Jun 2008):
wonderful use of the overexposure, it definitely served its purpose, the first thing I noticed was your eyes
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D Fritschel gave props (24 Jun 2008):
good story. good lighting, good luck
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Richard Koenig said (7 Aug 2009):
I can't get over your photo and story.
Nicely done. Wish you all the luck in the world.
Your Photo worked! -
Michael Goeringer gave props (2 Sep 2009):
Great composition!
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did said (8 Oct 2009):
HUMMMM you are the eyes cat. :)) I like.
