iPhoneography doesn't have to be blind

WIRED have posted an article about visually impaired photographers, and one such photographer is Alex Dejong, who having just acquired the new iPhone 3GS, has found new ways to express himself.

"When a brain tumor caused professional photographer Alex Dejong to lose his eyesight three years ago, he turned to gadgets to continue making his art."

"Dejong’s blindness is acute: He can only perceive light and dark. Because Dejong could not see his own photographs, he hired an assistant for editing. Until recently, editing was a part of the creative workflow that he thought he’d lost forever. And then to his surprise, Apple’s iPhone 3GS, which launched late June, gave him back the ability to edit photos."

"The new iPhone has a feature called VoiceOver, which reads back anything a user places his finger over on the screen: e-mail, web pages, system preferences and so on. Beyond that, photo-editing applications such as CameraBag and Tilt-Shift perform automated editing tasks that blind users like Dejong could not otherwise do on their own."

In part of the interview with WIRED Dejong said “with the iPhone and a lot of the photography apps that a lot of people are using, I have my entire workflow, and I can do it in five minutes,” Dejong said. “In this way, the iPhone is a remarkable gift. I’ve had it for three weeks now, and it has really opened up my world, apart from the photography.”

Above: On the metro; taken by Alex DejongDejong is part of an online community called Blind Photographers, where similarly handicapped photographers share their work and tips.

If you want to see more of Dejong's work, then check out his photostream over at Flickr.

Source: WIRED