Did you know that two thirds of people around the world who are blind are women?

To highlight this fact, Sightsavers has launched a Women and Blindness campaign in collaboration with iconic photographer Rankin. Working with six renowned make-up artists he has produced some incredible images, and we've launched a micro-site to showcase them:

 http://www.sightsavers.org/rankin

It would be great if you could view the site, share the link with your friends, family and colleagues, and become a fan of Sightsavers on Facebook and Twitter!

In the 19th century, do-it-yourself x-ray kits became hugely popular as people x-rayed their own boots, hands, and plants (not to mention weirder stuff) to find out what the invisible world really looked like. Wired's Alexis Madrigal has a great article series with links to San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art's Brought To Light: Photography and the Invisible exhibit exploring these DIY pictures as part of the social consequences of x-rays and photography of the period.

Do you live in NYC?  Are you interested in photography, blind people or photography by blind people?  If so, check out the Seeing Beyond Sight Photo Challenge and Party this Saturday from 2-5pm in Brooklyn.  The idea is to blindfold yourself and wander around your world, taking pictures of what you see/feel.  You can always do it on your own, but this event is more social.

Seeing Beyond Sight is a fascinating project by Tony Deifell.  Basically, he gave cameras to blind teenagers and taught them about photography:

I just discovered The Nature Conservancy Group on Flickr.

They are having a digital photography contest on Flickr. They are looking for beautiful nature photography representing the diversity of life on Earth. Your own, original images of our lands, waters, plants, animals and people in nature are all eligible for the competition.

November Eleven, "a nonprofit providing free services and tools which further the cause of independent photography, journalism and humanitarian aid," posted a Net2 in Action case study today about their social networking site for mobile journalists and photographers called, Lightstalkers.  Check it out.