S2 Ep1368: Canon World Unseen at Iziko National Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

The very successful Canon ‘World Unseen’ exhibition which showcases a series of photographs taken by world-renowned photographers accompanied by elevated prints, audio descriptions, soundscapes and braille that launched at Somerset House in London in April 2024 is now out on tour.Canon worked closely with the RNIB on the launch of the exhibition at Somerset House and now ‘World Unseen’ is on display at the Iziko National Museum in Cape Town South Africa. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by David Preston from Canon South Africa and the British High Commissioner to South Africa, Antony Phillipson to find out more about bringing ‘World Unseen’ to South Africa and how the exhibition is helping to show how art and photography can be made accessible for blind and partially sighted people as well as the exhibition changing peoples perceptions around sight loss too.All the photographs in the Canon ‘World Unseen’ exhibition along with the soundscapes that feature audio description can be found on the following pages of the Canon website - https://www.canon.co.uk/view/unsee-the-world/Image shows the World Unseen logo, white text in block capitals against a black background with a diagonal red line on the left