Blind children's photography works
They are a group of children with visual disabilities, some can see a bit while the others are completely blind; they study and live in the Tibetan Children's Braille School where there are 40 children and six Tibetan teachers; they depend on themselves although with no sight.
Clustering around the camera man, they touched and felt the camera and asked what it was. On hearing that the camera can record images, they held it up their heads and pressed the shutter uninterruptedly with pleasure to feel the imaginary world with their hearts.
It was the first time for most of them using the camera to capture the world of light and shadow. For them, the process of photo shooting requires only imagination and sincerity regardless of the aperture, shutter, scene selection and focusing.
They chose the place of shooting by themselves as they are familiar with the school and know the whereabouts. Sun Zhiyuan, a blind photographer once said, "a man with no vision is able to feel the world by feeling, sound, temperature and taste which are acuter in sensing the world than eyes." The images in their minds are reflections of their hearts as the light projected into their eyes are recorded by the camera.
Combined photo taken by mobile phone on Oct. 13, 2013 shows 13-year-old Doje Cering holding a camera (L) and the photo taken by him with the camera, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan Children's Braille School sits in a traditional Tibetan yard on Jiangsu Road in Lhasa. The school was founded by a blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken and her Dutch husband Paul Kronenberg in 1998. It developed from a rehabilitation and training center into a preparatory school for blind children. Blind children in the Tibet did not have much access to education years ago. Most of them led a life on the margin of the society with few chances of integration. That's why Sabriye and Paul decided to stay in Lhasa to help those children. Their value lies not only in teaching blind children cultural knowledge and manual skills, but also in providing them with the belief that they can live a happy life, having their own ideal and fulfilling their dream through efforts. There are six teachers and over 40 children in the school. [Photo/Xinhua]
Combined photo taken by mobile phone on Oct. 20, 2013 shows 15-year-old Losang Qumda holding a camera (L) and the photo taken by him with the camera, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan Children's Braille School sits in a traditional Tibetan yard on Jiangsu Road in Lhasa. The school was founded by a blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken and her Dutch husband Paul Kronenberg in 1998. It developed from a rehabilitation and training center into a preparatory school for blind children. Blind children in the Tibet did not have much access to education years ago. Most of them led a life on the margin of the society with few chances of integration. That's why Sabriye and Paul decided to stay in Lhasa to help those children. Their value lies not only in teaching blind children cultural knowledge and manual skills, but also in providing them with the belief that they can live a happy life, having their own ideal and fulfilling their dream through efforts. There are six teachers and over 40 children in the school. [Photo/Xinhua]
Combined photo taken by mobile phone on Oct. 19, 2013 shows 14-year-old Dawa Cering holding a camera (L) and the photo taken by him with the camera, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan Children's Braille School sits in a traditional Tibetan yard on Jiangsu Road in Lhasa. The school was founded by a blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken and her Dutch husband Paul Kronenberg in 1998. It developed from a rehabilitation and training center into a preparatory school for blind children. Blind children in the Tibet did not have much access to education years ago. Most of them led a life on the margin of the society with few chances of integration. That's why Sabriye and Paul decided to stay in Lhasa to help those children. Their value lies not only in teaching blind children cultural knowledge and manual skills, but also in providing them with the belief that they can live a happy life, having their own ideal and fulfilling their dream through efforts. There are six teachers and over 40 children in the school. [Photo/Xinhua]
Combined photo taken by mobile phone on Oct. 13, 2013 shows 13-year-old Basang Dainzin holding a camera (L) and the photo taken by him with the camera, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan Children's Braille School sits in a traditional Tibetan yard on Jiangsu Road in Lhasa. The school was founded by a blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken and her Dutch husband Paul Kronenberg in 1998. It developed from a rehabilitation and training center into a preparatory school for blind children. Blind children in the Tibet did not have much access to education years ago. Most of them led a life on the margin of the society with few chances of integration. That's why Sabriye and Paul decided to stay in Lhasa to help those children. Their value lies not only in teaching blind children cultural knowledge and manual skills, but also in providing them with the belief that they can live a happy life, having their own ideal and fulfilling their dream through efforts. There are six teachers and over 40 children in the school. [Photo/Xinhua]
Combined photo taken by mobile phone on Oct. 20, 2013 shows 13-year-old Dainzin Ngoizhub holding a camera (L) and the photo taken by him with the camera, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan Children's Braille School sits in a traditional Tibetan yard on Jiangsu Road in Lhasa. The school was founded by a blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken and her Dutch husband Paul Kronenberg in 1998. It developed from a rehabilitation and training center into a preparatory school for blind children. Blind children in the Tibet did not have much access to education years ago. Most of them led a life on the margin of the society with few chances of integration. That's why Sabriye and Paul decided to stay in Lhasa to help those children. Their value lies not only in teaching blind children cultural knowledge and manual skills, but also in providing them with the belief that they can live a happy life, having their own ideal and fulfilling their dream through efforts. There are six teachers and over 40 children in the school. [Photo/Xinhua]
Combined photo taken by mobile phone on Oct. 12, 2013 shows 12-year-old Doje Cering holding a camera (L) and the photo taken by him with the camera, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan Children's Braille School sits in a traditional Tibetan yard on Jiangsu Road in Lhasa. The school was founded by a blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken and her Dutch husband Paul Kronenberg in 1998. It developed from a rehabilitation and training center into a preparatory school for blind children. Blind children in the Tibet did not have much access to education years ago. Most of them led a life on the margin of the society with few chances of integration. That's why Sabriye and Paul decided to stay in Lhasa to help those children. Their value lies not only in teaching blind children cultural knowledge and manual skills, but also in providing them with the belief that they can live a happy life, having their own ideal and fulfilling their dream through efforts. There are six teachers and over 40 children in the school. [Photo/Xinhua]
Combined photo taken by mobile phone on Oct. 12, 2013 shows 12-year-old Zhaxi Drimed holding a camera (L) and the photo taken by him with the camera, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan Children's Braille School sits in a traditional Tibetan yard on Jiangsu Road in Lhasa. The school was founded by a blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken and her Dutch husband Paul Kronenberg in 1998. It developed from a rehabilitation and training center into a preparatory school for blind children. Blind children in the Tibet did not have much access to education years ago. Most of them led a life on the margin of the society with few chances of integration. That's why Sabriye and Paul decided to stay in Lhasa to help those children. Their value lies not only in teaching blind children cultural knowledge and manual skills, but also in providing them with the belief that they can live a happy life, having their own ideal and fulfilling their dream through efforts. There are six teachers and over 40 children in the school. [Photo/Xinhua]
Your Comment
Name E-mailRelated News
-
;