the line of beauty
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Comment by Melethia:
Still breaks my heart. It does.

the running
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Comment by Melethia:
I still love this.

the top of the morning
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Comment by Jules1x:
Very cool. I love the splashes of light.

a moment of reflection
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Comment by jmritz:
wonderful perspective

a moment of reflection
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Comment by PennyStreet:
astonishing!

cattails
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Comment by ubique:
The Humble Art

This is a quite brilliant, incandescent essay on the nature of photography and the photograph.

You ask questions that everyone who professes to be a photographer ought to be absorbed by, obsessed by, animated by, driven by, haunted by.
Alas, very few will care about your cerebration of photography at all, and those who might have profited most will care the least of all.

Two of your observations I call out for special applause:

• Photography celebrates the ‘accident’ of art.
At its best, photography is a transformative process, and the photographer does well to keep the loosest possible control, ideally bordering on the negligent, over that alchemy.

• ‘Isn’t it thrilling not to know what a photograph is?’
Yes, because it inspires curiosity. Curiosity is the most important thing in art.

This is my choice for best essay. It’s the best short essay on photography that I’ve seen anywhere.

Thank you.

sharp and fuzzy
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Comment by kiwinick:
good idea hard things to photograph emotions you have done well

the top of the morning
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Comment by LoVi:
Whoah....back to bed after my Lucky Charms.......:-)

track light
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Comment by bmartuch:
The angle gives this a nice effect.

the top of the morning
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Comment by Art Roflmao:
Interesting. I don't hate it. It speaks to me. It is saying "six!" :)