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EW IN OTHER NEWS 101 Lions Eye Bank. Photos were solicited from peo- ple who had a transplant from the eye bank in the last 3 years. "We asked them to think about picking up their camera and taking pictures of things they are seeing differently for the first time, things they appre- ciate the most," explained Robert Austin, director, public and profes- sional relations, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank. About 100 people contributed to the program, submitting 150 photos between them. Photos were selected by two professional photog- raphers, Lucia De Giovanni, a Den- ver-based photojournalist, and Natascha Seideneck, associate profes- sor of art, Metropolitan State College of Denver. Participants had a range of de- bilitating eye problems such as kera- toconus, acanthamoeba keratitis, Fuchs' corneal dystrophy, eye by Faith A. Hayden EyeWorld Staff Writer Viewing the world with new eyes Mt. Princeton Source: Robin McKenna Pan American light Source: Eric Evans Storm clouds Source: Mary Ann Fox Dad, watch this! Source: Mark Lyons Colorado art exhibit raises cornea donation awareness I f the blind could see their world clearly, they'd view wispy storm clouds in white, gray, and blue hues sweep across the horizon. They'd watch a ginger-haired child in pale khaki-colored shorts leap from a rock into a vibrant sapphire pool. They'd see golden sunbeams illumi- nating a dense forest, lush with greens, flush with life. These are just a few of the scenes documented by corneal trans- plant patients and put together by the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank, Aurora, Colo., in a traveling photog- raphy exhibit. The art show, which kicked off in Denver in mid-Novem- ber, features 25 photos taken by peo- ple all over the U.S. who received corneal transplants from donors in Colorado and Wyoming through the continued on page 102 February 2011

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