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Who Says Photographers Can't Write
24/04/09 01:04

DMNews
Randy Eli Grothe was let go recently from the Dallas Morning News. His long farewell piece is a must read for anyone who needs a reminder of why we got into this profession. As one on the comments following the piece noted "Who Says Photographers Can't Write."

Whenever a Monkey Screams, Think of Me

I always wanted to be a writer, but somewhere in the sixties I got sidetracked by a Polaroid Swinger.

Now, being a writer seemed to be an admirable profession, but being a photographer seemed to be just plain cool. And being a newspaper photojournalist with a Nikon dangling from your neck as well as a press pass opening doors, whoa, that was tres cool.

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