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N covers Blind with Camera (BwC), a workshop that trains the visually impaired in the art of photography.

At the workshop, participants conceive an image mentally and translate it into a photograph with the help of a sighted companion. “They are trained to spend time feeling a space, sensing the layout of objects, touching them or using their judgment,� Bhowmick explains. “They listen to detailed descriptions, feel the warmth of the light, search for visual memories of sight (if not born blind) and connect all this with the external visual condition.�