[edmonds]

Hi

[ftp]http://www.changethethought.com/shepard-fairey-going-blind/#comments[/ftp]

Not sure if there is any truth in this article but could be a tragedy if we lose such a talent?

Can anyone confirm any of the details in the article?

You may need to cut and paste link for it to work

Sorry if this has been posted before

Cheers

[seidbereit]

Sad if true, wouldn't wish that on anyone regardless of whether I was a fan of theirs or not.

[Bram]

That would be a real tragedy

[grantb]

im diabetic and now that scares me.

blindness is caused by not looking after and controlling diabetis.

hope the story is not true and was intended just to raise the value in his work.

[bonesy]

Its not true, the author came onto thegiant.org. He has no basis for his "going blind" allegations. Its just to generate traffic.

[Guest]

Im really glad this story is not true, but it seems like a shit thing to put out there to generate traffic. WTF

[Copyright]

shouldnt joke about shit like that, get bad karma and ill juju all over the place

[imbue]

Ah! I am diabetic and always worry about this... as well as losing a foot or something

imbue

[EdgeArt]

From The Guardian's "Guide" last year:


"I'm diabetic," Fairey says. "I'm probably going to die 15 to 20 years before most other people. So, it's just the meaning of life thing: what does it all mean?"

The wiry 37-year-old then laughs a little, before adding: "it means nothing!"

"I've had a vitrectomy in both eyes," he continues. "That's when they cut your eyeball open and they take out all the gel and fill it with saline solution."

Surgical complications can include cataracts and retinal detachment.

"I've been temporarily blind in both eyes, but not simultaneously," he says, "one occasion was about a year ago, and the other happened about four months ago."

In the second instance, he was in New York to open a show.

"It makes me feel," he says, smiling and staring forward, "as if I'd better get busy."

[Bram]

Mmmm not looking forward to my jam butty no longer

[bonesy]

Posted by Jonathan LeVine who was "interviewed" in the article:

"I spoke to Amanda and Shep the minute I got off the phone with you as I knew that this might potentially be reported on and I wanted them to know. They both said it was completely untrue. Shep has had two eye operations but his site is very good and he is not going blind. His vision is actually quite good now as he has a great eye doctor."

[robotoil]

Shepard is not going blind. The story is complete BS. The author of that hoax is a complete tool.

[sonnysides]

May 7, 2008 14:45:54 GMT 1 robotoil said:

Shepard is not going blind. The story is complete BS. The author of that hoax is a complete tool.

Definitely!!

[Gentle Mental]

his vision loss might actually explains his stark, high contrast look.

[matbat]

what vision loss gentle mental.......

[dmandpenfold]

you're all mentalists

[matbat]

stark high contrast mentalists.......yarr

[seidbereit]

May 7, 2008 12:21:24 GMT 1 bonesy said:

Posted by Jonathan LeVine who was "interviewed" in the article:

"I spoke to Amanda and Shep the minute I got off the phone with you as I knew that this might potentially be reported on and I wanted them to know. They both said it was completely untrue. Shep has had two eye operations but his site is very good and he is not going blind. His vision is actually quite good now as he has a great eye doctor."

I don't agree. IMO his site is bloody useless. Never loads up properly when something is released and is quite difficult to navigate.

On the other hand I'm glad to hear his sight is ok.

[matbat]

i take it your a SB fan

[Gentle Mental]

May 7, 2008 17:03:58 GMT 1 matbat said:

what vision loss gentle mental.......

ah apologies for not being clear.. i think there are various degrees and kinds of blindness... shepard might be suffering from one of it, like shortsightedness, or severe astigmatism, or colorblind... i know a couple of world class photographers who are actually colorblind - and it helps them because what they produced is so unique that i really don't think one with perfect sight could ever create from scratch.