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Article: Nature photography and rehabilitation.
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- PSA Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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The Hand of Man
Nature defined in the Living Webster Dictionary (1974) is "The material world, especially as surrounding man and existing independently of his activities" and... "a primitive, wild, or uncultivated condition." The descriptive terminology suggests that "the hand of man" should not be part of the nature story--since man is candidly excluded. If we omit the secondary broader definition "the universe with all its phenomena" then we are in keeping with the PSA definition, one which I believe has weathered the test of time and ought not be revised.
PSA Nature Division permits special leniencies including scientific banding, detailed macro ...