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To See Ourselves

April 11, 2026July 5, 2020 by Raphael Shevelev

Humanity’s major preoccupation is with humanity. We are, so to speak, of the genus homo narcissus, and that describes much of our concern.

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Come Let Us Play

April 11, 2026June 22, 2020 by Raphael Shevelev

Creating is difficult and demanding work —  Ask any creator

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Originality

April 11, 2026May 24, 2020 by Raphael Shevelev

I’m frequently asked “How did you do that?” I don’t mind telling, but with the following caveat: it’s the least important question that…

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PREHISTORIC ART UNCOVERED

April 11, 2026December 8, 2019 by Raphael Shevelev

Days before a banana was taped to a wall and recently sold for a reputed $120,000 at Art Basel Miami, a prehistoric sculpture of a…

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To Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the Comfortable

April 11, 2026December 2, 2019 by Raphael Shevelev

Camera Clubs, Photography and the Art World

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Categories Uncategorized Tags aesthetics, art, creativity, design, photography

Raphael’s Fable (The Camera Never Lies)

April 11, 2026March 27, 2019 by Raphael Shevelev

The other day, I was talking with a colleague about photographing places that have been photographed many times before. He wondered out…

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Still Dazzled

April 11, 2026December 2, 2018 by Raphael Shevelev

My European refugee parents had ambitions for their only child.

Mother wanted a doctor, and bought me a stethoscope for my twelfth birthday. It provided an opportunity to examine my friends, boys and especially girls, able to give optimistic diagnoses … Read More

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Botanicals Of The Imagination

April 11, 2026September 10, 2018 by Raphael Shevelev

Let me say it out loud. I love flowers, and dislike — actually detest — most flower photography.

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