Matilde shares that even though the stories of these women are disparate they all are symbols of courage and resilience. She has encountered and photographed thousands of women from all over the world - from war refugees in Kenya, Lebanon, Syria to Tsunami survivors in Indonesia to women accused as witches in India. Photographer Matilde Gattoni’s career has spanned 15 years in which she has travelled to over 35 countries and four continents. Gulf Photo Plus, Al Quoz, is showcasing an exhibition of photographs titled HER by award winning photo journalist Matilde Gattoni till Oct 31. Gulf Photo Plus, IslandoftheColourblind, Photobook exhibition., Pingelap, SanneDeWilde HER – an exhibition by Matilde Gattoni I also invited Belgian and Dutch achromats to paint on my black and white images, to showcase different perspectives.” Who would have thought there is an entire island where people see the world in shades of grey! An interesting talk and a revelation for me. In my pics I focus on their eyes and head. I conducted my research by shooting in black and white to see how the achromatics see the tropical environment in shades of black and white. I wanted people to see different perceptions of the world we live in. “The sun need not be yellow, it can be purple. At a talk organised by GPP Sanne shared her experiences of photographing the Pingelapese.
Contemporary photographers from North Africa, Middle East and South Asia are exhibiting in the show. Sanne’s book is part of the ongoing Photo Book exhibition at Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, that runs till August 31, 2018. Sanne compiled her research and presented them in a photobook titled Island of the Colorblind. Curious to let people know how colourblinds perceive colour she experimented with infrared and shot in monochrome on her digital camera. She spent a month in Pingelap and neighbouring Pohnpei in 2015 to understand the Pingelapese sense of colour.
When Belgian photographer Sanne De Wilde, first heard of Pingelap, she was deeply fascinated by the island’s unique residents. He passed the gene to the island’s future generations, earning the atoll the name ‘Island of the Colourblind’. The only survivor was the king, who suffered from achromatopsia.
Legend has it that a typhoon swept over Pingelap in the 18th century and wiped away most of its residents. They suffer from achromatopsia, a condition that makes people sensitive to light, results in poor vision and inability to distinguish colours. But the biggest irony is that almost 10 per cent of Pingelap’s inhabitants are colourblind. Pingelap, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean is lush with natural colours - azure blue waters, green palms and white sandy beaches.
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