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Through Glass

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FRIDAY, DAY OF THE FRI

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PHOTOGS CHOICE #1

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I chose to do leading lines because I really like the idea of a line leading to the subject of a photo. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEXT & HISTORY (Ongoing)

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Eugène Atget  1857-1927 French Known of his photographs of Paris streets, architecture, and the occasional person. Long exposure times create a dreamlike sense of light in his images. Most of his work was published after his death. BOKEH Japanese word for senility or dizziness, and by extension, haze, or blur. Background blur w/shallow plane of focus (wide aperture) The shape of Bokeh is determined by the shape of the aperture blades.  Alfred Stieglitz 1864-1946 US Important figure in promoting photography as a viable art form. Was a publisher, patron, collector, gallery owner, promoter... of all kinds of art. Married to the painter Georgia O'Keeffe "I have always been a great believer in  today . Most people live either in the past or in the future, so that they really never live at all. So many people are busy worrying about the future of art or society, they have no time to preser