Piet Eckert - a bridge between the world of the blind and the sighted (9 photos)

Now this man is famous and famous. His works are published and exhibited at international exhibitions. He is sensitive and clear gives what he does not see.





27-year-old and full of hopes and plans, Pete Eckert has become fall vision. The young man worked as a carpenter and wanted to continue architecture education. And that requires a sharp eye. The examination revealed a rare genetic disease - retinitis pigmentosa. who cannot be treated. And Pete was told to prepare to live in the new world. IN world where darkness reigns.



Pete Eckert

It took a couple of years to accept this fact. At the same time with with deteriorating eyesight, Eckert learned to shoot well and received a black taekwondo belt. When a man is almost completely blind, then moved with his beloved, who soon became his wife, closer to mother.





Eckert had a problem finding a job. Hang he did not want to be a dead weight on the neck of his relatives, and employers, having learned about characteristics of the candidate, they immediately refused. One day a man was unpacking in the attic of his mother's house and found an old Kodak camera. asked wife to describe in detail the settings and saw this perspective. Though blurry.



It was just like that - blurry and ghostly that the first photo. After all, Eckert began to comprehend the basics of art, which even a sighted a person is not given instantly, simply and easily.

During night walks with a faithful guide dog, a man started photographing the statues. And I kept thinking about how visually show the sighted world of a blind person.

Beauty through the eyes of the blind



The photographer works with infrared light and uses long exposures. Pete carefully examines the object, using the available feelings. In particular, echolocation is used, like bats, hunting insects in the dark: says something and listens carefully echo. It turns out something like a sound shadow.

Eckert also insists that he can see the light coming from from your own bones. According to the master, this ability he acquired through constant efforts to explore the world after the loss main feeling.

And there is definitely something to it. After all, Pete did a series of photos for Playboy:



Photographed Swarovski jewelry:



Made an advertisement for Volkswagen Arteon from the standpoint of art:



Of course, not everything worked out right away. There were also punctures. Type cap left on the lens. Half a day of work wasted due to inattention. Participants of the shooting, having learned about the lost day, only shrugged: "He's blind."



Therefore, it is important to train not only the rest of the senses, but also memory. And Eckert does it very well. As it turns out unite the worlds of the blind and the sighted and make their worlds a little more understandable for each other.