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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." *Marcel Proust*
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. This is the sport, the luxury, special to the photographer. The gesture characteristic of this tribe consists in looking at the world with eyes wide open in wonder. Everything in the world is strange and marvelous to well-open eyes. This faculty of wonder leads the photographer through life in the perpetual ecstasy of the visionary. His special attribute is the wonder of the eyes. Hence it was that the ancients gave Minerva her owl, the bird with ever-dazzled eyes.
(adapted from Jose Ortega y Gasset in his 1930 book, Revolt of the Masses -- except he was talking about "the intellectual man" instead of the photographer -- and the original quote had a put-down of football fans that I have left out.)
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Pennington's conversations
Thanks Marty! I am happy you like it, Larry
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Hi, My friend and one of my favorite photographers! Abdallah BOUHAMIDI:))!
Fantastic shot.Very nice photo,congratulations
Like 4 ☜ ☟ ! My Favorites 5 ✌ ✔
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I ♥ THIS PHOTO !!!!! ~ ♥ YSL ♥ ♥ ♥
greetings from Poland , Peter ♥
add to group 7 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
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Charming panorama - Greetings from Athens.
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faszinierender anblick! gefällt mir!
lg priska
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well spotted - I like it! BW Ricky Lu
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Nagyon jó fekete-fehér fotó,plusz a téma,kompozíció! Ritkán látok hasonlót!LIKE+YS
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Amazing beauty, very well captured! - Kind regards
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thanks for visiting this remote page and awarding a YS dear Alex. kindest regards, pom'
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Me gusta mucho a mí también.
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