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Tactile photographs that display worlds of light, shadow and mood

Truls Nord • TEDxStockholm

For years, tactile photographs for the blind conveyed a limited amount of information about the original image and focused mainly on basic descriptive elements. In this talk, artist and photographer Truls Nord describes a printing technique he developed to help blind people experience photography in all its glory.

For years, tactile photographs for the blind conveyed a limited amount of information about the original image and focused mainly on basic descriptive elements. In this talk, artist and photographer Truls Nord describes a printing technique he developed to help blind people experience photography in all its glory.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxStockholm, an independent event.

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About the speaker

Truls Nord

Truls Nord is an artist working with film, photographs and installations, with the intention to inspire, encourage or push his audience to lead a personal, economical and ecological sustainable life. In 2011 Truls initiated and lead the project Tactile Photography, where a new method for creating tactile photographs was developed. The method makes it possible for people without sight to experience both content and atmosphere in photographs and other complex images, which makes it unique among ways to create tactile images. Truls is co-founder of FLUST, an organization promoting artistic diversity, accessibility and civic engagement through collaborative projects.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxStockholm, an independent event.

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