Paul Strand, Blind Women, 1961

This photograph of Paul Strands was a different approach to his normal work of New Yorks street figures. The women captured in this photograph was a beggar said to of been fully blind, Grahame Clarke says in capture 6 of "The portrait in photography" The subject has no name, merely a number registering her as an official beggar. This helps me to understand what kind of women were beggars in this period of time. By looking at the beggars appearance you don't nessarly no she is blind without the name tag over her neck. Grahame Clarke talks about this in capture 6 of "The portrait in photography" by saying "the blind women demands significance and status, if for no other reason than the fact of her existence, and the emotional resonance of her condition" The interesting thought about this photograph is the pure unknown that by the women being blind she may not even no her photo is being taken and a part of strands project.