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  • A man sits in a white studio which is lit up by lights. Three people, two women and a man are grouped together as if preparing to photograph the man.
    Students photographing a Sandwell Visually Impaired member during a workshop with Karren Visser, 2020 © David Waldron
  • A woman with a leopard print top with blonde hair stands next to a woman with a red top with brown hair and glasses. They both hold and look at a label on a pair of glasses.
    Student, Ellie from Sandwell College is receiving training on how to guide a visually impaired person. Stephen from Sandwell Visually Impaired is wearing sight loss simulation glasses, 2020 © David Waldron.
  • A class of about 20 people look towards a screen with a black and white photograph on it. A woman stands at the back and appears to be presenting.
    Karren Visser gives a talk on blind and visually impaired photography to Sandwell College students, 2020 © Multistory.
  • Woman in foreground with a colourful headscarf photographs a man with a grey hair and beard in front of a dark studio backdrop.
    Sandwell College student, Kish is photographing Terry from Sandwell Visually Impaired (SVI). Stephen, also from Sandwell Visually Impaired, photographed them using a large aperture so that Terry is blurred to try and give the impression of how Terry and he see their surroundings, 2020 © Stephen Keenan.
  • A woman in profile holding a white cane. Bright light flashes across her face, a translucent rainbow stripe across her hand.
    Sandwell College student photographed Karren Visser with her white cane. Her intention in this image is to show how visually impaired people may experience light bright flashing light, as Karren had mentioned this in her workshop talk, 2020 © Rhianne Beetham.
  • A screenshot of Zoom with four women in the meeting.
    Participant Perm in a Zoom meeting with photographer Karren, and Becky and Jess from the Multistory team.
  • A woman wearing a swimming cap and goggles is in a pool, holding a camera in both hands just above the water. She looks at the woman beside her in the pool.
    Karren Visser at the swimming pool in the Portway Lifestyle Centre in Oldbury. She’s with the Sandwell College students (Kish is visible in the shot) attending an SVI aquafit class, 2020 © David Waldron.
  • A woman with pink hair holds out her arm for a man, who holds it at the elbow. The man wears glasses that look like cut outs from an egg box painted black.
    Student, Ellie from Sandwell College is receiving training on how to guide a visually impaired person. Stephen from Sandwell Visually Impaired is wearing sight loss simulation glasses, 2020 © David Waldron.
  • A dozen people sit behind tables in a classroom and some stand, facing a man standing in the front of the room. There are two guide dogs by him.
    Students and staff from the Photography Department at Sandwell College and the Multistory team are receiving training from SVI on how to support visually impaired people. Here, Tony, the Chair of Sandwell Visually Impaired and his colleagues are presenting to the group, 2020. © David Waldron.
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