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I think the average quality of photographers is in constant decline for at least a century. Lots of masters and hundreds of milllions of wanabees. 

 

I think you are right. But that has also to do with the fact that we are constantly in a hurry. That it's often more import to show all the many places you have been instead of showing the beauty of fewer places. That the one thing you care about is to photograph something as best as you can and that you are willing to wait hours, maybe days to take the perfect shot.

 

And there is so much distraction,telephones, news, 24/7, Ipad, etc. It seems because of it and because of the pace of life nowadays that in general people care less about beauty.

 

That is the majority. But thankfully there are still people left who go against the grain.I can name a few naturephotographers which inspire me a lot: Joe Cornish, Ken Duncan, Simon Phillpotts, Adam Burton, Bas Meelker and Bart Heirweg and many others.

 

So, all is not lost!

 

Kind regards,


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