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4th September 2003

Another Girl at Play

“Over twenty successful, talented and inspirational women share their stories of how they took their creative dreams and made them real. By sharing their journeys, experiences and wisdom they show that making a living at being creative is possible if only you try.”

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4th September 2003

Developing a Creative Practice

“These are lean times for creativity. For over two years, businesses, government institutions and all varieties of foundations have been focusing on cost-cutting rather than innovative growth. Of course you can argue that in a suffering economy, creative solutions are more urgently needed than ever. But in most cases, approval is limited to known essentials for the bottom line.”

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4th September 2003

A Photojournalistic Confession

“I couldn’t take it anymore. So, I confessed: I dodge and burn. There, I said it, in front of photographers and everyone. Except, this practice isn’t really a secret or a sin. Unless it’s taken to extremes, but more about that later.”

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4th September 2003

The Devil’s Dictionary

“The Devil’s Dictionary (2.0) is a repository of free-floating hostility and barely supressed rage. It is also a good argument for taking computers away from certain people. The Dictionary is maintained by Greg Knauss. It’s mostly his rage.”

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4th September 2003

Public domain image resources

“There are a number of sources of public domain images on the Web. The presence of a resource on this list does not guarantee that all or any of the images in it are in the public domain: you are still responsible for checking the copyright status of images…”

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4th September 2003

A Photojournalistic Confession

“I couldn’t take it anymore. So, I confessed: I dodge and burn. There, I said it, in front of photographers and everyone. Except, this practice isn’t really a secret or a sin. Unless it’s taken to extremes, but more about that later.”

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