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The Island of the Colorblind is a 1997 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks about achromatopsia on the Micronesian atoll of Pingelap. It was published in the UK as The Island of the Colour-blind. The second half of the book is devoted to the mystery of Lytico-Bodig disease in Guam.
- Oliver Sacks
- 336
- 1997
- 1997
26 de ene. de 2018 · Photographs by Sanne De Wilde. January 26, 2018. • 5 min read. Pingelap Atoll, a Micronesian island in the South Pacific, sometimes goes by its other name, the Island of the Colorblind....
Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally colorblind, Dr. Sacks finds himself setting up a clinic in a one-room island dispensary, where he listens to these achromatopic islanders describe their colorless world in rich terms of pattern and tone, luminance and shadow.
19 de oct. de 2023 · Belgian photographer Sanne De Wilde has used the island and the concept of color blindness to inspire a series of images on genetics. During a visit to Pingelap in 2015, she created photos showing the world as a color-blind person might see it. Some are complete black-and-white images.
14 de jul. de 2017 · Recientemente, publicó su libro "The Island of the Colorblind” (“La isla de los daltónicos”), una serie de imágenes que recopila el material que capturó en Pingelap y en una isla más...
1 de ene. de 2001 · This particular book hinges around three main stories- all set on islands in the South Pacific: His trip to an island of people who are genetically predisposed to true colorblindness called(black and white) known as "the Maksun", a different island of people who have a high incidence of a strange and unexplained degenerative disease ...
18 de dic. de 2019 · The windswept, fairytale archipelago begging to be explored. Pingelap Atoll in the Asian Pacific is sometimes known as the Island of the Colorblind. About ten percent of the population suffers from achromatopsia and sees the world entirely in black, white, and shades of gray.
