My name is Ted Tahquechi, and I am a legally blind professional landscape and travel photographer, speaker, and tactile artist.
My love of photography began in 1986, shooting and developing black and white film in college. I spent the better part of my career working in a very visually challenging world as a video game producer for Atari, Accolade and Mattel Toys, releasing 35 titles to market and creating many beloved game franchises.
After a terrible car accident in 1999, I was left with no vision in my right eye and only 5% remaining vision in my left, I can see light and dark but no detail. I truly believe that the day I picked up the camera again changed my life. With my visual limitation, I have almost no distance sight, and things get very blurry at about a foot away. Starting slow, I used the camera at family gatherings to capture moments I could not see. My camera has now became a tool I use to later see on my computer monitor what I miss as I walk through life.
Work
For more than a decade I have been working on an abstract body of work which focuses on the human form. In February 2017, the collection made its debut at Access Gallery in the Santa Fe Art District in Denver, Colorado and has been exhibited all over the United States. You can see selected images from the collection and read the entire story at bodyscapes.photography
Alongside exhibiting my photographic work, I love to speak about vision loss, and using art as a coping mechanism to heal. I also speak regularly at Retro game conferences about my years in the games industry. If you would like further information on my speaking engagements, please see the speaking section. I have a guide dog Fauna, and we are often asked to speak at organizations about strategies to better serve their visually impaired clients.
Charity
I don’t sell my photographic work, rather I donate to and work with charitable organizations that make a positive impact on other’s lives. National Federation of the Blind, A few of the organizations I have worked with include Guide Dogs for the Blind, Lighthouse for the Blind, ALS Never Surrender, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Special Olympics and Heather’s Camp – a nonprofit organization out of Wichita Kansas which provides a summer camp experience for blind and visually impaired children.
DisabledArt.com
Disabled Art is a website I run that is dedicated to the stories, voices, and creative work of disabled artists. The idea behind it is simple, but important: disability is not separate from culture, and disabled artists should not be treated like an afterthought in conversations about art, design, performance, or public life. Through Disabled Art, I cover news, exhibitions, artist projects, accessibility efforts, and disability-led creative work from around the world. The site exists to make space for artists who are too often overlooked, and to show that disability is not a limitation on artistic value. It is part of the perspective, experience, and originality that helps shape the work.
For me, Disabled Art also means building a stronger sense of connection and visibility within the disabled artists community. It is a place where disabled creators can be recognized not as side stories, but as serious contributors to contemporary culture. By running the site, I am able to support artists, highlight important work, and help document the growing impact of disability culture across the arts. At its heart, Disabled Art is about respect, access, and recognition. It is a platform built to affirm that disabled artists belong at the center of the conversation, and that their work deserves to be seen, valued, and remembered.
you can visit Disabled Art here.
Contact
Contact Ted at nedskee@tahquechi.com
Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram @nedskee
I also operate a resource website for blind and visually impaired travelers, which features my travel photography. You can find it at: http://www.blindtravels.com/
All image use inquiry: nedskee@tahquechi.com
“Sunrise at the beautiful Lake Marie in Wyoming.”
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