These photos are the work of Pete Eckert.
He is completely blind.
He has not always been blind, and his life was very much visually involved before he began to slowly lose his sight. At the time he made these works, however, he was completely without vision. That is to say, vision in a physical sense. He obviously has no shortage of creative perspective. I don't know all of the details of his process, but I do know that more than one person probably told him that he was crazy for continuing to pursue photography after being diagnosed with a disease which robs one of their sight quickly and completely.
Personally, I find the work beautiful and extremely unique. It is also inspiring that someone was willing to put in so much effort just to continue to do what they love.
Seriously - just remember: Anything's possible, kids.
this is wonderfully inspiring! and those photos are amazing :)
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