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The Myth of Influence in Photography

by Erin Babnik | Sep 4, 2019 | Education, Erin Babnik, Philosophy, Photography History | 0 comments

“Geodescent” by Erin Babnik, Death Valley National Park (2019). CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE. Creating a high-quality photograph of sand dunes in Death Valley was no small accomplishment in 1932, the year that Willard Van Dyke produced his dunes image that now ...

To Look or Not to Look: Can You Find Yourself Through the Work of Other Photographers?

by Erin Babnik | Apr 14, 2016 | Education, Erin Babnik, Philosophy | 28 comments

There are many photographers who worry that exposure to photographs by others will contaminate the purity of their own creative vision, that they will never find their own voice if they are working under the influence, so to speak. Creativity involves choice,...

Eastern Influence by David M. Cobb

by Photo Cascadia | May 11, 2015 | Education, Featured Photographers, Philosophy | 7 comments

Eastern Influence By David M. Cobb Over the years I’ve spent a great deal of time visiting art museums, searching out the European masters, the cubists, the impressionists, the Hudson River School, and others. But it wasn’t until I saw Edward Weston’s Pepper #30...

The Myth of Influence in Photography

To Look or Not to Look: Can You Find Yourself Through the Work of Other Photographers?

Eastern Influence by David M. Cobb

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