“I have seen the changes among our colleagues during the workshop. They’ve become more confident and like to express themselves more. It is a great way for us to communicate with mainstream society. We’ve gain a lot of attention from the activity and can use it as a way to change other people’s opinions about disabled people.” Xie Yan (Director of One Plus One, China)

Sights Unseen , in 2009, consisted of workshops in sensory photography run in London , Mexico and Beijing . The London workshops were held at the Organisation of Blind Africans and Caribbean (OBAC), consisting of two courses of photography workshops and advocacy training. Following the basic photography course the participants were trained in facilitation skills to take on roles as workshop leaders in the next course.

Several participants were supported to use their photographic skills to undertake personal advocacy projects tackling issues such as ignorance of the risks to eye health within their community, and barriers faced by the visually impaired. In China , workshops were held at the headquarters of Beijing One Plus One Culture Exchanges Centre , a media organisation run by people with disabilities. The staff of One Plus One were trained in sensory photography and went on to run workshops themselves with visually impaired students at Beijing University . In Mexico , workshops were run by Sight of Emotion in Mexico City , where participants from the original course took on facilitation roles to train new entrants.