Through Deaf Eyes: A Photographic History of an American Community

By: Douglas Baynton and Jack Gannon and Jean Lindquist Bergey

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Synopsis: History Through Deaf Eyes, an exhibition based on the lives of deaf people in the United States, toured the country from 2001 to 2006. During its twelve-city tour, more than 415,000 people visited the exhibit and learned of the struggles and triumphs of the Deaf community, a cultural, linguistic minority within the larger hearing population. The impetus for History Through Deaf Eyes came from Gallaudet University, the only university in the world founded specifically to provide higher education to deaf and hard of hearing people. Gallaudet is a cultural home to many deaf people. Studying the lives of deaf people illuminates not only a minority community but also the majority hearing population. Through the story of deaf America we learn much about our broader history. For both deaf and hearing readers, the history of the Deaf community offers a unique and fascinating perspective on the workings of human difference.