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Young surfer and walker at sunrise on the Beach at Surfers Paradise, Queensland. The fair skinned boy has strong sunbblock on his nose and lips to protect him from the intense Australian sunshine
In his recent essay Michael Reichmann presented a compelling case to the newbie for shooting with longer lenses, especially when photographing landscapes. Because he is patently as fond of mankind as he is of the land many of Michael’s most powerful images contain people, thus giving both an added sense of scale to his landscapes as well as an often moving human element for the viewer.
Houseboat resident on an Amsterdam canal, shot for a Time/Life book on the city in 1975
Let us assume for a moment that the newbie asking Michael which wide-angle lens might be best for landscape photography is a young man or woman starting out on the great adventure that is photography. Let me risk a further leap and guess that, like Michael, he might be as moved by the human condition as by the beauty of his s...

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Patrick Ward
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Patrick began his freelance career in the 1960s, shooting for the newly created colour magazines of the Observer and Sunday Times, and later for the Telegraph. In the 1970s he began his still continuing record of the English at play, which has produced three books, with the latest, “Being English”, published last year. In 1981 Patrick spent a year traveling and photographing across America on a Bicentennial Grant and these pictures led to assignments with the Smithsonian and National Geographic Traveler magazines. While Patrick has enjoyed a long career shooting for European and American magazines he still feels his best work springs from self assigned projects. He is presently photographing a book on Londoners at play and a second project on life on the River Thames, the latter inspired by the fact that his home is a houseboat on this great river. mail@patrickwardphoto.com http://www.patrickwardphoto.blogspot.com
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