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Sunday, January 29, 2012

"...too complicated. And obsolete."

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Paul Melcher hits the image licensing nail on the head. Read Paul's latest comments on the industry here at Thoughts of a Bohemian . I ...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

Pioneering

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Prison in Bukhara, 1907, Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky "...in the 1970s, at a time when William Eggleston and other artists wer...
Friday, January 6, 2012

Courage

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Dale Erickson's studio, San Francisco, CA. "Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse Photo: ©2010 David W. Sumner
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Color Seduction

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Bernice Abbot once said about photography that color gets in the way. The longer I work in photography the truer that statement becomes for ...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Define the Space

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There's a single light source, the sun, no artificial ambient light in the image. The drama of the image is formed by the lines of the s...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

The Beauty of a Simple Thing

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Practice looking to increase your ability to see. Be aware that details can tell a story often overlooked. Photos: ©2011 David W. Sumner
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Master Simplicity

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Find the simplicity in what you do, in the way you work. Don't complicate things with what you don't know. Experiment and learn new ...
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David W. Sumner
In 1988 David moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to begin his career in photography, taking a job as a photo researcher at Mountain Light Photography. Since then, in addition to freelancing, he has worked as a studio/darkroom assistant, print finisher and in the late 1990s was Picture Editor at StageImage. For the past several years he has focused on personal projects documenting the social context of the urban environment. He lives in Reno, Nevada with his wife, the painter, Anna Conti.
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