Vance Malone

Work: "Ocularist"
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Director Vance Malone discusses
scene with Fred Harwin
on the set of "Ocularist"

From the Artist:

"As a filmmaker and director, vision is my most relied-upon sense. When I learned one year ago about the history of macular degeneration in my family, I realized how much I’d taken my ability to see for granted."

" My concerned research into this disabling eye disease led me to medical illustrator, Fredric Harwin, who custom-crafts lifelike artificial eyes. Although macular degeneration doesn’t involve eye amputation, I was immediately moved by his work,
empathizing with his patients’ devastating loss."

" What would my world be without depth of field, three-dimensional perception, or spatial relationships? Besides the alteration of my own physical perception, how would other people, in a society that places so much emphasis on eye contact, view me?"