An in-depth exploration of the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists including a photographer, dancer, writer and filmmaker..... (Full plot summary below)
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An in-depth exploration of the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists including a photographer, dancer, writer and filmmaker..
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| VarietyNick SchagerBolstered by the writer-director’s own journey, recounted via a collage-like aesthetic that eloquently conveys his circumscribed condition, it’s a nonfiction study of artistic creation and, also, of individual courage and perseverance. |
| Film ThreatBobby LePireVision Portraits heart lies within these stories, but its power stems from its style. The cinematography by Kjerstin Rossi and Mark Tumas is often obscured, fuzzy, out of focus, or so close it is uncomfortable. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisIt’s a moving meditation about our unwavering need for creativity, and finding ways to express it. |
| RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonThis is an inspiring film, a funny and informative feature whose subjects were creative kindred spirits I’d never seen onscreen before. I realized that I was being represented here, and my unreconciled shame morphed into a sense of liberation. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleEvans has made a touchingly honest ode to the inner life of all artists. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkBrief, personal, insightful, and well-crafted, Vision Portraits is a giving look at the process of expanded creativity by four fascinating artists. |
| The New York TimesBen KenigsbergDespite its focus on as fluid and mysterious a subject as art, Vision Portraits addresses blindness in concrete, comprehensible terms. |
| The PlaylistChristian GallichioOscillating between traditional documentary and experimental, subjective attempts to capture what it’s like to be impaired, Evans creates a moderately successful portrait of, what the film references as, the space between seeing and not. |
| The Hollywood ReporterBeandrea JulyIf only for the in-depth discussions of the creative process, the film is worth a watch. |
| TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanThe result is artistically uneven in structure but emotionally powerful throughout. |
