Blindfold Photography

In this project, Grace, Queenie and I have a brand new photo taking experience! The excitement of this project is to change the normal photo-taking condition, capture photos by other sense organs, the sense of smell, hearing, touch rather than sight. Grace is the blindfold photographer; I play the walking-stick to guide Grace; and Queenie is the camerawoman to record the whole progress. We took a Polaroid Camera and walked through Nam Shan Tusen in Shek Kip Mei to capture the things that impress us. The above photos are captured by Grace. When she heard the sound of scraping the scale of fish, felt the strong wind came in front of, felt the not smooth ground, she took the first 3 photos. In the unconditioned environment, Grace walk really really slow because she can not anticipate the steps in front of. However, new possibilities come from interaction of unanticipated things. Sometimes we did many things under rules to prevent mistakes and want to make beautiful pictures according to our preset of beauty. But the presets may constrain our way of thinking and exploration of new things. I love the picture that with 4 red chairs. This photo was took after I told her that we can have dinner. Although she don't know what she have took, the photo shows the anticipation and hopes to sit.

After that, I and Grace shift our post so that I can experience being a blindfold photographer. Here is the photo i like the most. Because this stair teach me to walk on it according to what I feel on the change of hand drill.  When it's steep, keep taking steps. When it's in level, walk on leveled ground. It's the first time that I am not focus on the visual but the sense of touching when I looking at a photo.