Esref Armagan
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Eşref Armağan (born 1953) is a blind painter of Turkish origin. He was born blind to a poor family in Turkey, and has been drawing or painting since childhood. He has had exhibitions in Turkey and in Holland and the Czech Republic. In 2004, he was the subject of a study of human perception, conducted by the psychologist John Kennedy of University of Toronto.
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- Official Sites http://www.esrefarmagan.com, http://www.armagan.com/
- Senses special: The art of seeing without sight The New Scientist 29 January 2005 http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18524841.700
- Kennedy, John's study at the University of Toronto.[1]