Doug
Winter

Doug Winter is a semi-sighted artist and filmmaker investigating partial blindness and visual impairment through experimental photographic processes. He uses the camera as a conceptual mechanism to explore how our human system adapts, grieves, and adjusts to significant physical impairment. 

"Photography is regarded as a truthful medium, and the images I create honor the diversity of personal truths," he says of his work. To push this aspect even further, each artwork is accompanied by accessibility features allowing anyone in the community to experience his work in various ways. Pairing bilingual accessibility features such as closed-captioned video, alt text, image descriptions, sign language, and voiceover descriptions opens his work to a broad and diverse audience.

An early adopter of NFT creation, he believes in broadening physical and virtual digital spaces to break down existing barriers in experiencing art and make art equitable to all who wish to have a more robust art experience. 

Doug Winter was awarded a National Endowment of the Arts grant in 2022/2023 for his photographic work that addresses visual impairment that includes and features multiple accessibility features.