Introduction
Photography is a tremendously inspiring, versatile, and exciting medium that allows us to slice a moment out of time and to preserve the memory of momentous occasions, from the personal to the international, in pictorial form. It’s also incredibly varied; photojournalism is an indispensable element of the news media, capturing images of real-life events across the globe and telling stories in a hugely visceral way, while at the other end of the spectrum millions upon millions of wedding portraits, first photos of babies, and reminders of amazing holidays are taken every day.
And then there’s artistic photography. Separated by intent from both strictly personal and strictly political photography, artistic photography is most often ...
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