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Why Landscape Photography?
There are as many styles of photography as there are photographers.  We each pursue the fulfillment that our art offers by interpreting the world in different ways.   For many years, working as a professional photographer, I produced commercial work of various types but found fulfillment (and for a time, income) as a photojournalist.
After a lengthy absence from photography — ending in about 1994, I found that I needed a new outlet — a new source of inspiration and expression.  I found it in landscape photography.  I love nature and the outdoor world and whereas as a younger man I would wander the streets of major cities photographing the urban condition I now find that hiking in the mountains at sunrise is what satisfies my soul.
In the months ahead I will elaborate on this theme and also hope that readers contribute their thoughts and feelings to this section.  Let me hearfrom you.
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