Jan Ekin
I am legally blind, but the term being blind encompasses many degrees of non-sight, from total to severely limited. I have very limited vision and scan the world in segments to see what's around me.
I am relatively new to photography, about 15 years or so. Not having full vision probably prevented me from getting into photography sooner. Mistakenly, I thought if I could not see the entire world around me, how could I possibly photograph it.
One day I picked up one of my husband's cameras and began to take pictures as we traveled to different places. It took a while for me to overcome my technical intimidation and realize that using a camera was not that difficult, after all. Encouraged by this, I joined the local camera club and admired the works of many friends I got to meet. I pulled up enough courage to enter the competitions in due time and was pleasantly surprised when I won high scores, even prizes.
Landscapes, cityscapes, flowers, etc. followed. But, nothing clicked until I visited the North Smithfield Auto Salvage, literally heaps of damaged or old cars waiting to be sold in bits and pieces. The peeling and crackled paint, varying degrees of rust and deterioration, and incomprehensible angles formed on car bodies resulting from accidents gave me a view that excited my limited vision.
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