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Recommended reading

Jim Grey
9 comments on Recommended reading
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A week of good posts
Collected for you to read
May you be enriched

Because so many own such capable cameras but lack actual talent, says AEG, much of modern photography is like the junk art of a Starving Artists’ sale. Read Happy Little Photographs

Me on the Lincoln Highway near Ligonier, IN
Me on the Lincoln Highway near Ligonier, IN
Nikon D50, 28-300 mm f/3.5-6.3 Tamron, 2014

Stephen Dowling updates his list of good places for film photographers to share their work. Read Photo sharing for film photographers

A British physician who writes as Dr. Alfred Prunesquallor and currently practices in Africa tells a charming story of a walk through a village in central Kenya. Read Sunday walk in Embu (part 2)

M. B. Henry tells the fascinating story of the mission at Tumacacori, near Phoenix, Arizona. Today, the mission is just a ruin. Read Tumacacori Historic Site – A Step Back in Time

This week’s camera reviews and experience reports:

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9 responses to “Recommended reading”

  1. davidscorbett Avatar
    davidscorbett

    i road my bike on that hywy several times n lots of it, n lets get decent min wage in n up with cost of living n as priority of any rich wage or big co. profits

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  2. TBM3FAN Avatar
    TBM3FAN

    Always enjoy the articles you manage to find. You might like this one on the Amish and technology being into software.

    https://qz.com/1275194/the-amish-understand-a-life-changing-truth-about-technology-the-rest-of-us-dont/

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      That is fascinating. It contains a great truth: everything we let into our lives, individually or collectively, is a reflection of prioritizing one value over another. We don’t think about that explicitly enough.

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  3. Heide Avatar
    Heide

    All of your selections were great, but I especially loved “Happy Little Photographs” this week (even if it has me questioning the quality and value of my own photography). It was a wonderful rant, and even the comments were thought-provoking. Especially this line: “… if anything is to change for anyone, it has to come from an internal acknowledgement by an individual that there is more to photography than doing the same thing everybody else is.” I’m going to go home and think about that for a while, Jim. Thank you.

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      Oh, don’t worry about the quality and value of your work. It is lovely.

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      1. Heide Avatar
        Heide

        Very kind of you, Jim — thank you! My sunrises and sweeping landscapes may be a bit generic, but they do capture moments I found beautiful. In my little world, I guess I can’t think of a better reason to take a photo than to remember and share something beautiful.

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        1. Jim Grey Avatar
          Jim Grey

          Right. At the end of the day there are only so many ways to render a sunrise And a beautiful sunrise is always worth looking at.

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  4. M.B. Henry Avatar
    M.B. Henry

    Hey! Thanks for the shout out! :)

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      You are most welcome.

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