Rodrigo Telon Yucute, a former guerrilla fighter during the civil war in the 1980's in his home country of Guatemala who lost his left forearm and his eyesight was destroyed after a land mine exploded beneath him, prepares to take a photograph of a a couple leaning back on a park bench in Mexico City Sept. 7, 2011. He is one of 30 visually impaired or blind people learning photography with the help of the Mexico City foundation Ojos Que Sienten, or Eyes That Feel. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Rodrigo Telon Yucute focuses on the sound of the voices, raises a camera and snaps off a shot, capturing an image of a couple laughing as they sit on a yellow park bench.
He shows it to the subjects, but cannot see it himself. The photographer-in-training has been blind for nearly 30 years.
“When I was young, I met a lot of people and it always caught my attention how they would take photographs to keep as mementos,” Telon said. “I like to take photographs to capture a moment that I can later share with my family and friends so they can see what my life is like.”
Telon was a 22-year-old guerrilla fighter in his home country of Guatemala when a land mine exploded beneath him, ripping apart his left forearm and destroying his eyesight.
After years of rehabilitation, he learned Braille and how to use a white cane to get around. Now 51, Telon is fulfilling his longtime wish of taking photographs.
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