Blind Photographer Shoots Sound

In The Who's rock opera "Tommy," the blind, deaf-mute played pinball by sense of smell. In Lithuania, a blind photographer uses sound and a "sixth sense" to guide his art.

Remigijus Audeijaitis can't see whether his camera is set correctly, or whether the light is just right. In fact, he can't see anything, and never has. But that doesn't stop the 30-year-old student at Vilnius University from plying his craft. He shoots what he hears.

He recently told the Associated Press, "I take out my automatic camera when I hear something interesting happening around me." His Kodak Advantix 2000 chooses the settings, but he selects the time and place for his photographs. "I picture rich sounds and my friends develop the film and sort the best images," he explained. Audeijaitis finds his way around the Old Town of Vilnius by sound. "Every corner here has different acoustics. I never get lost here." White walking stick in one hand, his camera often in the other, Audeijaitis uses his acute hearing and his "mind's eye" to detect opportunities to capture something, aiming and firing multiple shots before moving on.

His record of daily life in this 700-year-old Baltic capital, and his unusual story, has brought crowds to his exhibitions.

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