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A Load of Bollards!A Load of Bollards!

Over the past year, street repairs seem to have become more and more badly

managed. For a partially sighted person like me, even a short walk down the road can be like an assault course.

This slideshow documents the everyday problems that street repairs

present for a visually impaired pedestrian.

ExposedExposed

ObstaclesObstacles

HaphazardHaphazard

Without bordersWithout borders

Keep out!Keep out!

MisplacedMisplaced

Please consider visually impaired people when

planning and managing street repairs.

A Load of Bollards is a project by A. Johnson, a photographer with retinitis pigmentosa - an eye condition that affects 25,000 families in the UK.

All photos were taken in London in October 2009 with the support of Liz Orton, as part of Sights Unseen, a

project which provides sensory photography training to blind and visually impaired people.

For more details visit www.photovoice.org

© A. Johnson / Sights Unseen / OBAC / PhotoVoiceNovember 2009