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Derek Boswell JosĂŠ De Almeida Di Emerson Paul Garcia Alexis Gerard Vratislav Indra Franck Jessueld Danae Panagiotidi Piotr Pietrus Harald Wawrzyniak

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Like fingerprints and snowflakes, it is said that no two photographic exposures are exactly the same.

That statement might challenge us to see the microscopic differences between two photographic exposures which appear mostly the same. Such differences might be attributed to irregularities in the photographic process.

Or such differences might be assumed as part of the nature of a constantly changing world.

Although we may readily agree all photographs have some minimal difference from each other, we might still be surprised at how much difference can appear in photographs taken under similar circumstances.

Sometimes, like in Mick Brown’s interview with Alec Soth (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/photography/what-to-see/alec-soth-americas-greatest-photographers/), where the same subject is photographed by a professional photographer and a layman, the quality of the difference is in question—i.e., which photograph is better?

(See http://www.littlebrownmushroom.com/blog/which-picture-do-you-like-more/ for the comparison.)

This question also frequently arises when the same subject is photographed in a series by the same photographer—for example, Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” (https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html).

Other times, we might be surprised to learn different bodies of photographic work have arisen from the same place. By way of a simple contrast, one photographer might be closely drawn to the textures of certain objects, while another photographer might be interested in how those objects interrelate at a distance.

One photographer might carefully compose the frame, while another might shoot on a gut feeling.

All of that being said, I believe the recognition of difference in photographs themselves is often a dry theoretical exercise. In practice, and for better or worse, I believe we are more likely to operate by seeing likenesses in photographs. Sometimes, this is for the worse: converse to photographers who create unique images from the same place, photographers can also create the “same” images from different places—i.e., clichés.

Sunrises and sunsets are the classic offenders, but cliché can easily be found in even the most “hip” milieus.

A stunning example is the Socality Barbie Instagram feed (https://www.instagram.com/socalitybarbie/?hl=en), in which a plastic Barbie doll acts out “authentic” experiences frequently shared by a social class described as “hipsters.”

We may even reach the point of information overload where we do not take notice of the content of the photograph, and merely recognize it as just “another photograph.”

For the better, I think likenesses in photographs awaken us to recognitions that we would not able be to have but for the photograph freezing the image in time. The photographs that capture such likenesses differentiate themselves from the photographs that do not.

What do you think?

JOHN KOCH www.flickr.com/photos/orphotographer/

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DErEk BOSWELL London, Ontario / Canada

For my every-day, carry-anywhere camera, I use a Leica iiic.

It's a beautiful – albeit tiny – piece of engineering. That's what makes it so great though; with a small lens, like a 25mm, it’ll just slip into a pocket. With a viewfinder though, not so much.

Coincidentally, my eyeglasses match a 25mm’s field of view perfectly. I began shooting this way when I didn’t wish to bring a bulky finder along, and it stuck – a happy accident of sorts. If there's such a thing as "pure" photography, I'd say this is close; nothing to obstruct or alter what my eyes already see – just a camera held below them to record it.

HIS CAMERAS Mamiya Super 23, Leica IIIIc, Leica R3, Nikon Ftn, Sony A7, Minolta Autocord, Toyo 45D, Cambo 8x10

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JOSé DE ALMEIDA

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JOSé DE ALMEIDA Lisbon / Portugal

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HIS CAMERAS Sony RX100 Mark II

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DI EMErSOn

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DI EMErSOn Middlesbrough / England

HER CAMERAS I use a Nikon FM3A with a Nikkor 50mm f.1.8 lens. Prior to that I had a Nikon FE with the same lens.

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PAUL GArCIA

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PAUL GArCIA Liverpool / England

HIS CAMERAS Leica m6 Konica Hexanon 35mm f.2

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VrATISLAV InDrA 29

VrATISLAV InDrA Velké Bílovice / Czech Republic

HIS CAMERAS Nikon D300, Nikon FE, Nikon FM

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ALExIS GErArD

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ALExIS GErArD San Mateo, Californie / USA

HIS CAMERAS Canon EOS 40D Sony RX 100, et RX 100 II Ricoh GRII Digital Panasonic Lumix GX1

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FrAnCk JESSUELD

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FrAnCk JESSUELD Brussels / Belgium

HIS CAMERAS Yashica T5, Olympus MJU ii

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DAnAE PAnAGIOTIDI Athens / Greece

HER CAMERAS I mostly use a Yashica T3 and an Olympus Mju II and sometimes a Nikon F501.

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PIOTr PIETrUS Berlin / Germany

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HIS CAMERAS Leica mini analog point and shoot, Nikon D700, Nikon D300, Nikon D810

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HArALD WAWrzynIAk

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HArALD WAWrzynIAk Graz / Austria

HIS CAMERAS Mamiya 645AF and Yashica T5

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THAnkS TO ALL PHOTOGrAPHErS DEREK BOSWELL London, Ontario / Canada www.flickr.com/photos/brickartisan/

JOSÉ DE ALMEIDA Lisbon / Portugal www.josedealmeida.com/

DI EMERSON Middlesbrough / England www.diemerson.co.uk diemersonphotography.tumblr.com instagram.com/diemersonphotography

PAUL GARCIA Liverpool / England www.paul-garcia.co.uk/ my-friend-red.tumblr.com/

ALEXIS GERARD San Mateo, Californie / USA www.flickr.com/photos/alexisjgerard/

FRANCK JESSUELD Brussels / Belgium frankyclub.tumblr.com/ frnckjssld.com

VRATISLAV INDRA Velké Bílovice / Czech Republic vratislavindra.com www.flickr.com/photos/vratislavindra/

DANAE PANAGIOTIDI Athens / Greece danaepanagiotidi.tumblr.com/

PIOTR PIETRUS Berlin / Germany piotrpietrus.com/ piotrpietrus.tumblr.com/

HARALD WAWRZYNIAK Graz / Austria www.haraldwawrzyniak.com www.flickr.com/photos/zakos/ www.ruum.at/

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