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A Prince's Blind Perspective

A Prince’s Blind Perspective
A study of sight and perspectives through illustration & photography

Fascinated to explore the old fairytale of Rapunzel through the viewpoint of the blinded Prince, I began exploring new ways of ‘seeing’ and of expressing these visions through different media, such as film, photography, clay, glass and paint.
More of my illustration work here.

Pen and pencil studies of eyes

Watercolour study of my father

I produced these photographs, inspired by the incredible blind photographer, Kurt Weston, whose work conveys the barriers which separate those with sight from those without.

This clay and fuse-tacked glass mask is the embodiment of my blinded Prince. 
Upon wearing it, one would experience the Prince’s world.

Still from the stop-motion short film Rapunzel’s Prince Trapped Beyond Darkness
A Prince's Blind Perspective
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A Prince's Blind Perspective

A Prince’s Blind Perspective. Fascinated to explore the old Germanic fairytale of Rapunzel through the previously unexplored viewpoint of the bl Read More

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