At a home for war-wounded children in Rome, a blind boy whose arms had to be amputated reads Braille with his lips.

At a home for war-wounded children in Rome, a blind boy whose arms had to be amputated reads Braille with his lips.

Photograph

Chim (David Seymour)

Maker
Polish, 1911–1956

At a home for war-wounded children in Rome, a blind boy whose arms had to be amputated reads Braille with his lips.

Italy, 1951


Blind boy who lost his arms during the war has learned to read with his lips. Rome.


1951
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Overall: 33 x 25.3 cm (13 x 9 15/16 in.)
Purchase: General Sales & Auction Fund
Inscriptions verso-(rubberstamp) "(copyright symbol) David Seymour - Magnum"

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