The Island of the Colorblind

The Island of the Colorblind

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Publisher's Synopsis

In Pingelap and Pohnpei, islands in Micronesia, an extraordinarily high percentage of the inhabitants suffer from the rare genetic condition achromatopsia: complete colour-blindness. Portraying the mythical island and the achromatopic islanders resulted in a selection of images that mask their eyes, their face, and empower their 'vision', inviting the viewer to enter a dreamful world of colourful possibilities. Sanne De Wilde experimented with black and white and infrared photography, in a metaphorical attempt to envision how people with achromatopsia see the world.

Book information

ISBN: 9783868288261
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Imprint: Kehrer
Pub date:
DEWEY: 779.99966
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 175
Weight: 884g
Height: 230mm
Width: 286mm
Spine width: 21mm