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Archive for October 2009
Tread Carefully When Photographing Religious Events
Tweet (The following is excerpted from Winning Digital Photo Contests, a new book by Black Star Rising contributor Jeff Wignall.) When visiting a country where religion is a visible part of daily life, you’ll find that pictures of religious activities reveal cultural insights better than photographs of landmarks and landscapes. Rituals, festivals, and people dressed [...]
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