Walthamstow-based photojournalist Joshua Bratt is debuting a portrait exhibition spotlighting the strength, individuality, and lived experiences of blind and partially sighted people
Walthamstow-based photojournalist Joshua Bratt is set to launch a powerful new portrait exhibition spotlighting the strength, individuality, and lived experiences of blind and partially sighted people across the UK.
The exhibition, titled Seen, features 22 intimate photographic portraits that share interesting stories of people who navigate the world with sight loss. Bratt’s thoughtful composition invites audiences to see the person beyond the sight loss, placing their achievements, passions and inner worlds front and centre.
Bratt found inspiration for Seen when he noticed a cane user during his regular commute to central London.
He commented: “Ignorantly, I would just see him as a blind person rather than a man going to work with a job and a story, and I realised that if I was subconsciously labelling somebody, and just seeing the disability rather than who they were as a person, then other people were likely doing that too.”
Joshua continued: “I came up with the idea of going around the country and finding blind or partially sighted people with interesting backgrounds and stories and taking their picture to help change the perceptions that many people may have about sight loss.”
Seen is on show from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September at the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s Grimaldi Building, N1 9JE.
Timed viewing slots can be booked for free at Eventbrite
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