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Ways Of Working With Influence<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Why Tracking Your Influences Is So Important<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The 5 Benefits Of Looking At Other Artist’s Works<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

State The Nature Of The Influence On You Simply \u2013 One Word, Phrase, Sentence<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Rank Your Influences<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Make A Timeline Of Your Artistic Influences<\/b> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

How To Deepen Your Relationship With Influences Over Time<\/b> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

What Was The First Photograph That Ignited Your Passion For Photography?<\/strong> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

What Single Photograph Would You Keep?<\/strong> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

Gather Your Favorite Images Together <\/strong>| Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

A Combination Of __ & __\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>| Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

Why It’s Important To Seek More Influences <\/strong>| Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

100 Great Photographers To Know<\/b> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

If You Like ___ Look At ____<\/strong> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

6 Ways To Map Your Artistic Influences <\/span><\/b>| Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

The 5 Benefits Of Cultivating Influences Outside Your Medium<\/b>\u00a0| Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

How To Create Something New By Combining Your Influences<\/strong> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning From Negative Influences<\/b> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

How To Overcome The Fear Of Being Influenced<\/strong> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

How To Make Influences Your Own<\/b> | Coming<\/span><\/p>\n

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My Influences \u2013 Photographic <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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My Top 5 Photographic Influence- Video<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ansel Adams \u2013 Empowering Others<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Edward Burtynsky \u2013 Manufactured Landscapes<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Caponigro \u2013 Metaphor<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Walter Chapelle \u2013 More Than Material<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Adam Fuss \u2013 Visible Traces<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Misrach \u2013\u00a0A Life\u2019s Work<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison – Environmental Metaphors<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Eliot Porter – Environmental Advocacy Through The Arts<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Aaron Siskind \u2013 Literally Abstract<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Jerry Uelsmann \u2013 Visions From The Mind\u2019s Eye<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Joel-Peter Witkin \u2013\u00a0Looking Into Darkness<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Four Nudes By Four Photographers<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Top 20 Photography Books That Influenced Me<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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My Influences<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark Rothko \u2013 Color As A Universal Language<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthais Grunewald \u2013 Acknowledging The Beatific & The Demonic<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Andy Goldsworthy \u2013\u00a0Ephemeral Collaborations With Nature<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sculpture<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Top 5 Influences<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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John Paul Caponigro<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Larason<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sam Abell\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

David Duchemin<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Cig Harvey<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Brooks Jensen<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ed Kashi<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sara Leen<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Rania Matar<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Arthur Meyerson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Milnor<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Eugene Richards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Aline Smithson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Nevada Weir<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Laura Wilson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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