Sacramento photographer Pete Eckert, who went blind 15 years ago, is going international. His electrified image, “Electro Man,” is one of six new United Nations postage stamps honoring the work of international artists with disabilities.
The stamps, entitled “Break Barriers - Open Doors,” were issued last month for a United Nations summit on disability and development in New York.
“Pete was the epitome of what these stamps are about,” said United Nations Postal Administration Creative Director Rorie Katz, who spent months scouring the internet to find the different artists. “When you look at the art on these stamps, they’re just beautiful images – the emphasis is on ability, not disability.”
Eckert’s photo “is all about light and electricity, it’s fantastic, an inspiration and it’s hard to believe it was taken by a man who can’t see,” said Katz.
Eckert’s work was selected along with paralyzed painter Chuck Closeand one-armed artist Matt Sesow of the United States; The China Disabled Peoples’ Performing Art Troupe; “Tears And Laughter,” ink on paper by British artist Josephine King, who has struggled with suicidal tendencies and bipolar disorder; and “See the Girl with the Red Dress On,” oil on canvas by blind British artist Sargy Mann.
Eckert, 56, has been showing in Sacramento and San Francisco since 2001, and in 2010 he and Bruce Hallbecame the first blind photographers to shoot a spread for Playboy.
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