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Alain Briot is one of the most successful landscape photographers working in the American Southwest today. His work is widely exhibited and collected. His monthly column for this web site, of which this is part, is calledBriot's View. An extensive interview with Alain is included in Issue #1 ofThe Luminous Landscape Video Journal.
Lamont and the Grand Canyon
I metGeorge Lamont Mancusoat theGrand Canyon. He liked to use his middle name,Lamont, which was his mother's name. Phonetically Lamont means "the mountain" in French, something I mentioned to him soon after we met.
George knew and liked this connotation. I perceived him as an alpinist ready to climb the Mont Blanc. He preferred to start hiking downhill into "The Mountain Lying Down", as theGrand Canyonis poetically called.
George Mancuso —  © Alain Briot
TheGrand Canyon. George's name was attached to it like to no other place. Originally from New York, of Sicilian ancestors, George was a complex mix...

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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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