Ansel Adams gets a lot of discussion in here. I don't think this thread should be diverted to give him even MORE exposure, when it was intended to discuss the work of a man who was born legally blind! Here are the first two paragraphs of George Covington's bio, for those who haven't looked at the link:
"Born legally blind, with less than ten percent of normal vision, George A. Covington first achieved national media attention for his work in using photography as a seeing tool. "Most people see to photograph, I photograph to see, " he says. "A photograph reduces the confusing world of reality to an abstraction I can understand," he explains.
He is the former Special Assistant for Disability Policy to the Vice President of the United States during the Bush-Quayle administration. He was the first person to serve fulltime as a White House aide on disability issues. Prior to joining Vice President Quayle's staff, he worked on disability projects on the staff of Representative Jim Wright, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives."
I love his photos of people. They'd all score a 3 on this site, but they give you a great insight into his experience of the world. |
