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Teju Cole: What's missing when we look at the world? Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole’s latest book is called “Blind Spot.” It features hundreds of images -- spanning from Lagos to Berlin to Brooklyn -- with essays on what’s visible and invisible in the photos. Many of the photos don’t include people -- just traces of them.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Teju Cole's 'Blind Spot:' What's missing when we look at the world? Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole has a new book out called “Blind Spot.” It features hundreds of images -- spanning from Lagos to Berlin to Brooklyn -- with essays on what’s visible and invisible in the photos. Many of the photos don’t include people -- just traces of them. Teju Cole is a writer and photographer. Photo by Martin Lenemann. Brazzaville. There are two images of this boy in "Blind Spot" -- one with his face shadowed, and another with his face visible. Zurich. Many images in "Blind Spot" are from Switzerland.
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