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Mr Adams and me posted on 2nd of may, 2012

Robert Adams gained prominence with his pictures that depicted how natural landscapes are transformed as civilization encroaches upon them. As a lover of the inherent beauty of the natural landscape his photographs strongly hint at the dismay he must have felt as he saw it being defaced by ever advancing human activity.

It is not only his pictures that captured my attention; his musings also make for some thought-provoking study. He was at some point a teacher of English, and I think this as well as his artistic consciousness, contribute greatly to his eloquence.

Part of the difficulty in trying to be both an artist and a businessperson is this: You make a picture because you have seen something beyond price; then you are to turn and assign to your record of it a cash value....

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	It seems that you have enough philosophy in you. - posted by Celiaak on May 04, 2012
	One of my prized possession is an original Robert Adams print. Yuri Arcurs - his move just makes sense with the unreal number of images he has and the quality. - posted by Peanutroaster on May 02, 2012

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Cup of tea and Henri-Cartier Bresson posted on 9th of may, 2012

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.

Any photographer’s supreme ambition is to capturing the precise millisecond that tells the whole story. A picture is the freezing of time. There are no fancy mechanisms available to the photographer to fill in the viewer with the crucial backstory. There is no way to rewind the narrative in a photograph. That single frame is it; the one infinitesimal instant in the ever flowing stream of time must stand on its own and captivate its audience. It must not only tell of how that moment came to be, but must also illicit a desire to know what will be.

Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously...

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	Photo is the best friend of human being since it won't lie and always tell the truth. It's an mirror which reflect truth and reality. skin care aging skin - posted by Cliffordwilliam on May 11, 2012
	Iv seen the Lego camera video on youtube its Chase Jarvis - its funny but it doesn't work out too well - posted by Miketea on May 10, 2012
	Great blog! Thanks for sharing! - posted by Laurasinelle on May 10, 2012

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