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<p>M, as I look at your first two images here, I got a sense that they were essentially very similar images, it was just a difference of the emphasis you gave to the man-made in each. In one case the man made structure is made subject and in the other it is treated almost more as "just" an intrusion, even though both are intrusions in the absolute. In either case, it appears you could have made an image of pure nature had you wished. (I realize these are but one example of what you may be suggesting here)</p>

<p>In the first image, I think so much context is included that I don't necessarily see it as about forms, line and texture. I would probably have seen that more if you had been close and eliminated context. Here, I see the combination of nature and man--the effect of man on land-- and then what appears to be nature essentially reclaiming itself as it engulfs the man-made structure.</p>

<p>Just thought I would offer these observations as a different perspective on these two images and what might be being communicated.</p>

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<p>John A,<br>

Yes, the pictures referenced aren't very good (yet). They are my "student works" while just trying to understand how the experiment would unfold. I do hope to improve the results as I practice.</p>

<p>In the case where nature and man collide, one can always point the camera in such a way to eliminate either. But of course the eye doesn't do that. In the case of the guardrail photo, it is always there, whether or not included within the edges of any photograph.</p>

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