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IMAGE © ANGELA FARIS BELT, SNOW SHADOW, 2009.

CONCLUSION

PHOTOGRAPHY’S POTENTIAL AS A GREAT IMAGE-MAKER AND COMMUNICATOR IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT FROM THE POTENTIAL IN THE BEST POETRY WHERE FAMILIAR, EVERYDAY WORDS, PLACED WITHIN A SPECIAL CONTEXT, CAN SOAR ABOVE THE INTELLECT AND TOUCH SUBTLE REALITY IN A UNIQUE WAY. —PAUL CAPONIGRO

IN THE END, THE ELEMENTS COMBINE

“They say of vision that it is a deliberate gift,” observes nature writer Annie Dillard in A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. I agree, although most people navigate the world by merely looking, without consciously seeing, and they miss potential gifts and richness afforded by connecting ...

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