Stunning photographs disappearing in the blink of an eye…
Most of us blink without thinking about it – we do it more than 20 times every minute. But for people suffering from the eye disease trachoma, each blink can be agony. With advanced trachoma, every blink brings them closer to blindness, until eventually they lose their sight completely.
Our interactive photography exhibition took place in London in October 2019 to raise awareness of Sightsavers’ End is in Sight campaign to eliminate blinding trachoma.
As visitors viewed the digital photos in the exhibition, every blink they made caused the images to change, leaving the photos permanently altered. The results were unpredictable and unknown: an artistic interpretation of the vision loss that trachoma can cause.
Try our photo simulator below for an idea of how the images looked as they degraded during the exhibition.
The BLINK exhibition took place at London's OXO Gallery.
How does trachoma affect people?
The agonising disease can prevent children like Abdu from going to school, leaving them facing a lifetime of poverty. But we can change this: read Abdu’s story.
Meet the BLINK photographers
Each of the five photographers featured in the exhibition captured a stunning image of one of their favourite sights.
Did you know?
Charles Dickens’ novel Nicholas Nickleby was inspired by a boarding school devastated by trachoma. Click to read more about the history of the disease.
Your gift could help us banish trachoma for good
DONATEThe end is in sight for trachoma
Sightsavers has been fighting trachoma for many years: we know where it is, and we know how to treat it. Now, at last, we’re close to eliminating it. You can help us wipe out the disease in the countries where we work by 2025.
A gift to Sightsavers can help us distribute antibiotics to banish trachoma, saving millions of people from the threat of blindness. Donate now.
From 9 October 2019 to 9 January 2020 the UK government will match gifts from the UK public up to a total of £2 million, so your donation will go twice as far. New monthly donations will be matched for up to three months. About Aid Match
Help us make history
The End is in Sight is our fundraising campaign to help eliminate trachoma by 2025.
How to get involvedOur exhibition is supported by:
