{"id":243,"date":"2018-02-05T13:13:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T13:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/magazine\/?p=243"},"modified":"2018-05-25T12:47:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:47:45","slug":"blind-photographer-pete-eckert-captures-vw-arteon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/innovations\/blind-photographer-pete-eckert-captures-vw-arteon\/","title":{"rendered":"How the blind photographer Pete Eckert captures the VW Arteon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you capture the beauty of a car when you are unable to see it? The photographer Pete Eckert expresses it in one sentence: &#8220;You don\u2019t need eyes to recognize beauty&#8221;. &#8220;The images are real pieces of art and have a very special atmosphere that only Pete Eckert can create&#8221;, Xavier Chardon, Head of Marketing for Volkswagen, explains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-245 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/Pete_Copy_16-9_01_1140_729-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Eckert - Sixt Magazine\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/Pete_Copy_16-9_01_1140_729-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/Pete_Copy_16-9_01_1140_729-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/Pete_Copy_16-9_01_1140_729-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/Pete_Copy_16-9_01_1140_729.jpg 1149w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/650;\" \/> &nbsp;Pete Eckert, a blind photographer who has won multiple awards for his work, has captured not only the silhouette but also the details of the new Volkswagen model Arteon in ten impressive images. By touching the vehicle, he was able to get a feel for the curves and design features and that he later artistically captured on camera. Looking at his art, it is really hard to believe that he is actually blind.<\/p>\n<p>He comments: &#8220;I am a visual person. I just can\u2019t see&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-247 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/volkswagen_arteon_pete_eckert_13_1140_729-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Eckert - VW Arteon Photography\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/volkswagen_arteon_pete_eckert_13_1140_729-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/volkswagen_arteon_pete_eckert_13_1140_729-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/volkswagen_arteon_pete_eckert_13_1140_729-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/volkswagen_arteon_pete_eckert_13_1140_729.jpg 1140w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/655;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-248 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/pete_eckert_1140_729-1024x655.png\" alt=\"Pete Eckert - VW Arteon Photography\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/pete_eckert_1140_729-1024x655.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/pete_eckert_1140_729-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/pete_eckert_1140_729-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/pete_eckert_1140_729.png 1140w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/655;\" \/><\/p>\n<pre>TEXT: JOACHIM FISCHER\r\nFOTOS: DAVID DAUB\r\nARTWORKS: PETE ECKERT\r\nIDEA: GRABARZ &amp; PARTNER<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you capture the beauty of a car when you are unable to see it? 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