Photography has always been considered a visual medium. It’s a process by which light interacts with chemicals upon film, creating an image that can be seen when printed out onto photographic paper. It uses light to create imagery using tone and colour.

However a process of photography has just been invented that allows the blind to enjoy the beauty of photography as well. Using a new piece of software the photographic image can be traced, and then outputted with an embossed finish allowing the viewer to feel the lines of the picture in a form of Braille.

This allows the blind to enjoy photography in much the same way as everyone else, allowing them to feel the imagery with their fingers.

An exhibition for the new form of photography has just been launched in the Ukraine, and pictures from the exhibition can be seen on the BBC website here.

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