Archive for the ‘Exhibitions’ Category
Alamy Ref: A064MC featuring a montage of the Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda & a Blind visually impaired person feeling a tactile picture of Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda published in Academic/Educational Book © Doug Blane
Alamy Ref: A064MC featuring a montage of the Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda & a Blind visually impaired person feeling a tactile picture of Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda published in Academic/Educational Book © Doug Blane.
This is a tactile picture made from Alamy Ref # AP8TA1. This picture will be part of the Living Buddhism photographic exhibition incorporating tactile pictures making them accessible for those with visual impairments and the blind. Friday 13th January to Friday 17 February 2006 at the Open University Library in Milton Keynes Great Britain. This picture is part of the photographic exhibition by Doug Blane at the Open University Library from Friday 13th January 2006 Friday 17th February 2006 The photographic exhibition has been adapted so that it is accessible to people with disabilities.
Further details are available at:
http://www.DougBlane.com/wordpress/archives/9
Pictures from the Living Buddhism exhibition are available to buy at:
http://www.DougBlane.com/LivingBuddhism
Poster for the Queen & Prince Phillips visit to Milton Keynes, Thursday 29th November 2007 © Doug Blane
This is a poster I produced for the Queen & Prince Phillips visit to Milton Keynes on Thursday 29th November 2007.
Maruta Anjisan the head nun from the Milton Keynes Buddhist temple was among the representatives from MK Interfaith who had a display for the visit. This poster was attached to the scale model of the MK Peace Pagoda which was originally produce for Milton Keynes Development Corporation.
Greetings cards, note books, photographic prints for sale at the Mulberry Bear Christmas Fayre
Greetings cards, note books, ready to frame photographic prints for sale at the Mulberry Bear Christmas Fayre
Wed 28th November 2007, 12.00 – 14:00 in The Open University, Old Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA. All welcome.Â
Images include, running, cycling, Buddhism, mountains, canal, abstract, scenic views etc
Doug Blane’s Picture of Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda on fireworks night was shown in the Musee de l’Elysee’s exhibit ‘We are all photographers now!’
The visitors to the exhibit are fascinated by all the different photographs that are being shown from participants like you from all over the world. Thank you again for participating and please feel free to upload more images to the site www.allphotographersnow.ch
We also sincerely hope you will visit the museum. The dates of the exhibition ‘All photographers now!’ are from February 8th, 2007 to May 20th, 2007
Doug Blane’s pictures hanging in the exhibition at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival 10th – 19th November 2006
These are some pictures featuring Doug Blane’s pictures hanging in the exhibition at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival 10th – 19th November 2006
 
 
4 pictures taken by Doug Blane get through to the Kendal Mountain Film Festival Photo Competition final
Doug Blane pictures are currently on display in the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal where they are voted on by visitors to the KMFF.  Â
A prize is awarded to the best picture in each of the two categories as voted by the public.Â
A prize is also awarded to the best picture in each of the two categories as voted by the KMFF panel of professional judges.Â
All of the winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Sunday 19 November hosted by Sir Chris Bonington.
 
 
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You can buy prints of these pictures from:
www.DougBlane.com/buyprints/kmff
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Living Buddhism photographic exhibition & Tactile Pictures Accessible for people with visual impairments by Doug Blane
Living Buddhism photographic exhibition & Tactile Pictures Accessible for people with visual impairments by Doug Blane
“See the pictures, feel the pictures”
The exhibition is spilt in to two halves, one featuring different aspects of life at the Milton Keynes Buddhist Peace Pagoda and Monastery, the other features Doug’s travels to Buddhist areas in France, the Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal and Sikkim, and the Himachel Pradesh region of the Indian Himalayas.
The images have been made in to tactile pictures so that the photographic exhibition is accessible to the visually impaired and the blind. To create the tactile picture the original photographs are reduced into line images using Adobe PhotoShop. The images are then printed on to a special swell paper. The paper is passed through a heat roller that activates the swelling on any area of the paper that contains black or grey print to form the raised tactile pictures.
Doug Blane who is famous for his extreme sports photography said: “I am pleased that the Open University Library has given me this opportunity to exhibit my extensive Buddhist collection of pictures. By using tactile technology I have being able to make these pictures accessible for people with visual impairments. This is a very exciting new development for my work and I hope that everyone who visits to the exhibition can interpret them in their own wayâ€.
“My aim has been to represent the living aspect of the Buddhist way of life with this photographic exhibition. The selection of pictures taken of the Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda & Monastery reflects the different aspects of life there, some Buddhist and some not. “
Doug donates his time and expertise to help document the ceremonies for the Buddhist monks and nuns of the Nippon Myohoji in Milton Keynes and has built up a considerable collection over the years.
Friday 13th January – Friday 17 February 2006
The Open University Library
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Opening Times:
Monday 8.30 – 19.30
Tuesday 8.30 – 21.00
Wednesday 8.30 – 19.30
Thursday 8.30 – 21.00
Friday 8.30 – 17.00
Saturday 9.00 – 17.00
Open to all
Free entrance
You can purchase the pictures from:
www.DougBlane.com/LivingBuddhism
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