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Wayne

from lumberj...er...James (James_mickelson@hotmail.com)
I understand Wayne's position though I don't agree with it at all. I too used to look at, in my case street photography, and question it's validity. Boy did I question it! Some of you may remember my motto. Landscapes and stillifes forever, amen! Because I, maybe like Wayne, looked at it from my own viewpoint. My own space in appreciation/creation. I didn't appreciate Jeff's creations at first because I didn't see them from his perspective and his environment. Now I understand them and can appreciate them for the creations they are. I can like them or not. But they are still valid. I surfed all my life and I was what you might call a "stylist" in my approach. I didn't think much of noseriders or gliders. When short boards came out I thought they were awful. "This isn't surfing". I was wrong and as I have grown in my photography, I have learned that I am not an island. My views are mine and not the centrally accepted viewpoint of anybody but me. I may not be moved to look longer than 1/2 sec at some images but they are as valid as anything by HBC, Adams(kneeling down and genuflecting), Evans, or Sexton(again kneeling and making the sign of the double A). Wayne, I know there are some here who would gag if they saw my images. They're good images, but they won't move them and that's ok because they will "accept" them. They have matured. Just as you will some day. Bless you my son. (nodding head he again makes the sign of the double A.) James
(posted 8612 days ago)

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