Project 5

Perception Studies – Making Visible

Color Blindness: Achromatopsia

For my project on perception studies, I wanted to study complete color blindness, also known as achromatopsia or monochromacy. This is one of the rarer forms of color blindness, where those affected cannot see any color and only see the world in black, white, and shades of gray. For my series I wanted to illustrate this while avoiding the use of black and white filters, which I achieved for all but the last picture.

“Luminance”
ISO 1250 f/4.5 1/100 sec

 

“Hue”

ISO 1000 f/5.6 1/50 sec

 

“Saturation”

ISO 100 f/2.2 1/1600 sec

 

“Red”

ISO 100 f/2.2 1/4000 sec

 

References:

  1. “Monochromacy – Complete Color Blindness” https://www.color-blindness.com/2007/07/20/monochromacy-complete-color-blindness/
  2. “The Case of the Colorblind Painter” by Oliver Sacks and Robert Wasserman