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‘Vision Portraits’ Review: An Answer to Inspiration Porn

Written by Sophia Stewart

Aug 08, 2019
∙ Paid

Rodney Evans didn’t make Vision Portraits to inspire you. He made it to better understand himself, his artistry, and his deteriorating eyesight. If you walk away inspired, so be it, but the film, which tells the stories of blind and visually impaired artists, is far from inspiration porn. In fact, it may be the antithesis.

Exploitative and misguided, ins…

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