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    Re: Why Do We Photograph?

    They are expunged when one turns to dust.

    I did my MFA Thesis project on student loans 19 years ago.

    Not kidding



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    Nothing lasts forever, except student loans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Moe View Post
    They are expunged when one turns to dust.

    I did my MFA Thesis project on student loans 19 years ago.

    Not kidding
    I'm shocked that they don't go after the survivors.

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    Always read the rule book

    Quote Originally Posted by bloodhoundbob View Post
    I'm shocked that they don't go after the survivors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Moe View Post
    They are expunged when one turns to dust.

    I did my MFA Thesis project on student loans 19 years ago.

    Not kidding
    Thanks, Randy! My daughter has two semesters left of electrical engineering before joining the working world and paying on her student loans. She will be glad to hear that they will finally be paid off!

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    Re: Why Do We Photograph?

    Quote Originally Posted by bloodhoundbob View Post
    I'm shocked that they don't go after the survivors.
    They do go after parents, if the student dies and the parents have co-signed.

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    Yes. of course 'they' go after cosigners in a very sad situation.

    This means a parent has lost a child to death.

    Loan sharks are always circling.



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    They do go after parents, if the student dies and the parents have co-signed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by William Whitaker View Post
    Thank you for your replies all. I regret wearing my heart on my sleeve. It's just that sometimes life wears ya down and you end up questioning everything you once believed in. And you start to lose your faith.

    No, my photography is NOT about sating the masses. It's about being who I am, expressing visually what I feel when I'm face-to-face with my subject. It's all about ME. As egotistical as that sounds, it's true.

    I had to write an artist statement for that show. Never had written one before.

    My photography represents my impressions of the world through the filter of my mind. My prints are glimpses into my own psyche; explorations into the experiences life gives us.

    Subject matter may or may not play into what I choose to photograph. To me it is mostly immaterial. The photograph is about my experience while viewing a scene. In most cases I felt a strong compulsion to photograph a particular scene. It is those images which I feel are strongest and which are most revealing about me as an artist.

    It is my hope that you may join me in my visual exploration of the world and experience some of the same wonder and amazement as I do.

    I'm sorry if I sounded mercenary in the OP. It's about way more than money.
    What a great ‘artist statement’, this comes closest to my own feelings about the matter. Thanks for sharing it
    --- Steve from Missouri ---

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael E View Post
    ...The good part ist: Nobody has to like my art, except I.
    Another excellent viewpoint, I concur.
    --- Steve from Missouri ---

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    I photograph to leave something behind, a positive mark on this world.

    At times I’m self-defeated, faced with a full time job and a live in quiet suburbia.

    For me, the power is in the series. I think we all have our own goals and standards and mine has been and always will be elevating what I make beyond the single image. The single image represents the masses whereas the series is the what distinguishes the greats. I keep an extensive book collection in my living room and I’m always looking over at them while I’m eating dinner with my wife... thinking, what would Robert Adams be doing at my age? Likely out in the field and being a negligient husband but doing his “thing”.

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