Created 1986 Acquired 1989

I met people who were born blind. Who had never seen.
I asked them what their image of beauty was.
"The most beautiful thing I ever saw is the sea, the sea going out so far you lose sight of it."
23 sets of portrait

Illustrated "The 20th Century Art Book", Phaidon
Exhibited widely:
ICA, Boston; Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 1996; Newport Harbor Art Museum, California; Kawamura, Tokyo, Toyota Art Museums Japan 1998-9; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu 1999; Haus der Kunst, Munchen 2000; Museum Ludwig, Budapest 2001; Sprengel-Museum Hanover 2002; Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin 2003; Barbican Center, London 2005

Sophie Calle