Essays &
Perspectives

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People / Adam Welch / Apr 26, 2024

The Beautiful Tragic Life of George Masa

Resurrecting the memory of a forgotten giant.

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Ideas / Adam Welch / Jan 24, 2023

Our Photographic Hypocrisy

That “next level” is a rabbit hole.

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Earth / Adam Welch / Nov 24, 2022

A Conversation with Two Trees (and an antique camera)

More accurately, not many trees have ever spoken to me.

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Ideas / Adam Welch / Oct 16, 2022

Our Photographic Contradiction

Today, I bought a ten-year old digital camera.

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Ideas / Adam Welch / Jun 28, 2022

On The Misinterpretation of Visualization in Photography

I blame Ansel Adams for ruining the minds of many photographers through his pressing of the idea of “visualization” as a means of creating an expressive, final photograph.

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