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Paul Melcher has been named one of the "50 most influential individuals in American photography" by American Photo. He is currently senior vice president of the PictureGroup. He writes the Thoughts of a Bohemian blog.




The Only Thing Photography Has to Fear Is Fear Itself

One of the leading explanations for the disappearance of the Neanderthals was that they could not adapt their tools to the new conditions surrounding them. They stubbornly (or stupidly, considering their limited brain capacity) continued to use the ones they had. Then, they vanished.

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