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There Is A Considerable Amount Of Manipulation In The Printmaking From The Straight Photograph To The Finished Print. If I Do My Job Correctly That Shouldn't Be Visible At All, It Should Be Transparent.

Whatever It Takes To Get The Image To Reach That Level Is What That Photographer Needs To Do.

Having Photographed The Landscape For A Number Of Years And Specifically Working With Trees And In The Forest I Found, Without Consciously Thinking About It, That It Was A Great Learning Experience For Me In Terms Of Organizing Elements.

And Friends Of Mine That Had Photography Class In High School Would Develop The Film And Make Prints And I'd Take Them Back To The Track And Give 'em Away Or Try And Sell Them. Much To My Parents' Dismay, I Majored In Photography In College.

I Support Any Procedure That Allows Photographers To Express Themselves, Whether That Involves Color, Black And White, Platinum, Palladium And Digital Technology.