ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I had been photographing for days in Mumbai, India. One morning I was walking without my camera and saw through some large gates a sign - 'School for the Blind'. I asked to speak to the Headmistress to see if I could photograph in the school. She gave me permission to photograph for 3 days. I then quietly photographed inside the school for 2 days.
It was towards the end of the 3rd day that I saw a beautiful girl walking down the stairs. It was her birthday and she was dressed in a beautiful white dress, her hair done and wearing pearls around her neck, I quickly positioned myself at the bottom of the stairs and took a photograph. It was then that I saw the girl had sensed something in front of her - she seemed slightly worried, puzzled. It was then I took one more photograph - my entry.
The girl (I never got her name) was a blind albino girl.
At the end of the 3rd day, the headmistress asked her to write me in brail, in Sanskrit, an Indian prayer for me.
I have this hung in my studio at home in pride of place.
What an amazing moment which I feel I captured.
The photograph is hand printed by myself, a silver gelatin print 10 x 8 Inches.

AUTHOR
My early career was as a Tennis Professional, a role in Product Marketing, an IT Security Consultant, but all throughout an artist.

Forty-five years as a Photographer I'm still inspired by photography.

With numerous photographic exhibitions and awards (Olive Cotton Portrait Award of a Blind Albino Indian girl.)

This 35mm film Silver Gelatin photograph can be viewed at:
https://richardofarrell.com/project/savitris-place/?_gallery=gg-20-822.

I have created over 100 of these individual photographic stories/exhibits.
Polaroid, 35mm, Large Format Film, Wet Plate, Mobile Digital and DSLR formats are all used throughout my photographic art.

More recently (2021- 2024) I have been focused on my Digital Black & White artistic endeavors. These can be seen on my website www.richardofarrell.com.

I'm also a Pastel Drawing artist with a collection of over 3000 drawings, a 'naïve' style but with a strong intention for fun. @richard.ofarrell

I am always working on numerous new projects, stories and new ideas.

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