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To The Vast Majority Of People A Photograph Is An Image Of Something Within Their Direct Experience: A More-or-less Factual Reality. It Is Difficult For Them To Realize That The Photograph Can Be The Source Of Experience, As Well As The Reflection Of Spiritual Awareness Of The World And Of Self.

I've Always Thought Photography Was An Art Form, But It Had Very Low Appreciation In The Beginning, Except For Some Europeans, And Of Course Stieglitz. Stieglitz Always Considered Photography To Be An Art Form And Is The "father" Of The Creative Concepts Of The Twentieth Century.

Today, We Must Realize That Nature Is Revealed In The Simplest Meadow, Wood Lot, Marsh, Stream, Or Tidepool, As Well As In The Remote Grandeur Of Our Parks And Wilderness Areas.

Dodging And Burning Are Steps To Take Care Of Mistakes God Made In Establishing Tonal Relationships.

I Believe The Approach Of The Artist And The Approach Of The Environmentalist Are Fairly Close In That Both Are, To A Rather Impressive Degree, Concerned With The Affirmation Of Life.