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Harriet, blind, 2010
by Charles McKean
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 Finalist
How does a blind girl think of colour? I asked Harriet Smith to close her eyes, and try to feel the colour of the grass she lay in. It was a powerful, mysterious and enchanting moment.