Blind Bulgarian artist finds a way to keep painting


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Artist Stamen Karamfilov works on a painting at his studio in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Stamen Karamfilov bends low over a canvas, adding the finishing touches to a woodland landscape - no mean feat considering the Bulgarian artist is almost totally blind.

He initially gave up all hope of painting again when he suddenly lost his sight in 2015, and at one point contemplated suicide.

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