---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: avinash shahi <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:09:34 +0530 Subject: Short Documentary on Blind woman Photographer Ms. Fox To: [email protected], jnuvision <[email protected]>
Ms. Fox was born blind in one eye and was orphaned as a teenager. At 26, she purchased her first camera and embarked on a career in photography. When she turned 30, she developed multiple sclerosis. Now she has lost much of the vision in her other eye, is triplegic, and several years ago was given a diagnosis of lung cancer. Yet she is as sassy as ever and continues to do what she loves most: take photographs. When holding the camera became impossible, she started to instruct her aides to take photographs for her. Her often humorous and ironic (and sometimes raunchy) photographs depict the gritty side of New York City street life. While she still exhibits internationally and has photographs in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian and the Brooklyn Museum, Ms. Fox’s legacy will not be only her photography. As you’ll see in this short film, her incredible drive and positive outlook also leave a lasting impression. Riley Hooper is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn. An expanded version of “Flo” was awarded the grand jury prize in the shorts program at the 2012 Doc NYC film festival. Below is the Link to watch this short film published in The New York Times today. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/opinion/flo.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
