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Sanne de Wilde - Island of the Colorblind

Sanne de Wilde - Island of the Colorblind

Sanne de Wilde - Island of the Colorblind

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    A boat full of schoolchildren returns to Pingelap from a picnic to one of the uninhabited small islands nearby.
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    Pingelap's electricity comes from solar power, and at night people walk around with flashlights. On one such evening, the photographer asked this man, who has achromatopsia, to pose for a portrait while looking at the light.
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    A boy with achromatopsia wears a Halloween mask.
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    A mound of fishing nets sits near the domestic airport in Pohnpei. Every few months, a small airplane leaves the airport for Pingelap.
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    This photograph of a squinting parrot was colored by a person with achromatopsia.
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    A boy with achromatopsia climbs a tree.
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    A boy with achromatopsia plays with a toy flashlight the photographer brought from Belgium. When what he saw, he replied, 'Colors.'
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    A Pingelapese child holds a burning branch used to keep mosquitoes away. A person with achromatopsia painted over the image.
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