Pictures Taken by a Blind Photographer

"Ms. [Sonia] Soberats, who had a history of glaucoma, lost her eyesight. First the right eye went dark, then about six months later, the left," reports the New York Times. "It is this mix of pain and perseverance that Ms. Soberats weaves throughout her photographs. Her subjects are often friends or family, and she frequently captures or recreates life-altering events: pregnancies, marriages, death. Her work is often joyous, but it can be haunting, even schizophrenic. She plays with light and texture and draws on her Latin roots, taking the viewer on a journey to places as magical as the the fictional town of Macondo or as surreal as a Salvador Dalí painting." Read and see more.