Links: disability and art

[sarahmichigan]

I enjoyed a Body Impolitic blog post about one-armed Czech photographer Josef Sudek. If you are interested in photography and have time, follow the links to his photographs- they're really gorgeous.

I followed other links and found the Temple University Disabilities Studies blog. It has a piece about Sudek, and also a really interesting piece about the relationship between Granville Redmond, a painter who became deaf in childhood, and Charlie Chaplin, silent film star.

Excerpt:
Redmond and Charlie Chaplin became friends in Los Angeles (a much smaller town then, of course). Chaplin, being a silent film star, was always interested in visual communication, and wanted Redmond to help him learn how ASL worked--which seems to be what's happening in the photo above. Chaplin also supported Redmond's artistic career--he set up a studio for Redmond on the film set, he bought Redmond's paintings, and he invited Redmont to appear in a few silent films, including the 1931 Chaplin classic City Lights (Redmond plays a sculptor).

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_earthshine_/]

Very cool. While i'm a novice, i'm very interested in Deaf Culture and have been trying to learn ASL on and off for many years. Thanks for sharing.