Photography brings feelings.

I used to think that scenery and environment meant nothing to the blind. Through these photos, I strongly feel that they just look at the world from a different perspective.

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Last week, I saw a non-visual photographic work for the first time, a winding mountain road and a tricycle coming from a distance. The name of the photo touched me very much, and it was called "The Waiting of Friends Far Away".

Before that, I couldn't imagine blind photography. In the original cognitive system, there is a fundamental conflict between "invisibility" and "photographing".

Li Na was born with visual impairment and never thought she could take pictures. It was not until two years ago that she pressed the shutter for the first time under the guidance of Fu Gaoshan, a non-visual photography trainer.

Li Na clearly remembers the feeling when she first touched the camera. "Curious, excited and uneasy."

"I remember very clearly that it was an evening."

Li Na found out the structure and key functions of the camera and tried to aim the camera at the trainer. Sense of direction and distance are the biggest challenges that blind photography will encounter at first.

First, she determined the position of Fu Gaoshan and stretched out her arm to measure the distance. "Generally, the arm distance is the upper body, and then the distance will be multiplied and then distinguished by sound." In order to stabilize the lens, blind photographers usually put their cameras on their foreheads or other parts of their bodies.

Like all blind people who take pictures for the first time, Li Na is worried that she can't take good pictures. Fu Gaoshan told her: "Very accurate, the person's position is right in the middle."

"Suddenly my heart was put down." Li Na said.

In 2009, Fu Gaoshan heard the concept of "non-visual photography" from Britain. At that time, he had the same doubts as me. Fu Gaoshan was born with nystagmus, and everything was blurred. He needs a magnifying glass in his daily life. He asked several questions in succession, "How do blind people use cameras? How to complete the adjustment of composition, light and shadow and color? "

After trying, he found it "not difficult at all" to teach the blind to use the camera. It only takes half a day to get familiar with the camera and you can take the photos you want.

Over the years, he and his colleagues have conducted about 10 non-visual photography training, each lasting 3 to 5 days, the most time-consuming of which is to stimulate the blind's self-awareness and convince them that they can take pictures.

The trainer plays music for the students to describe the pictures in their minds, and asks them to share "what things in life others think you can't do, but in fact you can do it". Through similar inspiration, students' interest was aroused.

Cai Cong is also a non-visual photography trainer and a person with amblyopia. He noticed that at the beginning of the training, many students were afraid to touch their cameras because people around them generally wouldn't let them touch them for fear of damaging them.

"But when we guided them to touch the camera and told them the function of the button, the scene could not be controlled at once, and they started shooting soon." Cai Cong said, "They all have a strong desire to express themselves and just need to give them a chance."

There are two assessment items in the training: take a group photo for everyone and take a moving object. All students can pass.

"The solution is always more difficult than the reality," Cai Cong explained. "Taking a group photo allows the leftmost person to shout and the rightmost person to shout, so that the width and distance can be judged."

Cai Cong gave me some postcards made of photos of blind people, most of which were ordinary at first glance and even "incomprehensible". The difference is that each photo is accompanied by a paragraph of text, and these shooting stories and the photos themselves together constitute the work.

Cai Cong once saw a pupil patting a piece of grass with three leaves. "He said this meadow is like a happy family." The child has many brothers and sisters. His parents don't love him. He longs for the love of his family. This photo is his life experience.

On the one hand, I deeply love this child, on the other hand, I am amazed at his perception and expression. I used to think that scenery and environment meant nothing to the blind. Through these photos, I strongly feel that they just look at the world from a different perspective, which is a sensitive and rich spiritual world.

Fu Gaoshan said, "Non-visual photography presents the blind people's own understanding system. Although light and shadow may not conform to the aesthetic feeling under the traditional visual framework, it has unique value and significance. "

Photography has opened a channel for Li Na to communicate and share with others. "When I can't take pictures, I can't record and express myself. Now I can take photos, chat and take photos, share photos and take photos of my friends like everyone else. "

Li Na likes traveling and records her every trip with a camera. She asked her friends to tell her the contents of the photos, and printed out her favorite photos in a concave-convex way to save them.

Li Na said, "I like the sea best because I like its sound and taste."

When I was a child, a very good friend went to a distant place to study. This photo is a section of the Sichuan-Tibet Expressway. I'm not sure if this road is my friend's way home, but it places all my hopes on it. I will wait for the return of distant friends by the roadside.