The funeral of Trooper James Anthony Leverett from Rawmarsh in South Yorkshire took place at at Sheffield Cathedral on Thursday 29th of July.
Trooper Leverett of D (The Green Horse) Squadron, The Viking Group, The Royal Dragoon Guards Killed in in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province of Afghanistan when the vehicle he was travelling was hit by an IED explosion on July 5th 2010.
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While the devaluation of images produced through modern digital photography is making it harder and harder to earn a living as a professional photographer it seems people still value the work of great photographers of the past.
Some old glass negatives by Ansel Adams, the legendary American photographer best known for producing stunning landscapes, inventing the zone metering system and founding the f64 club have turned up in garage sale. They were thought to have been destroyed in a fire along with 5000 others back in 1937 their current estimated value $200 Million
I wonder just how many images of today’s nationally and internationally published will stand the test of time and be considered truly outstanding in 70 years time.
I’m just testing the water with this idea, trying to find multiple income streams seems to be the key to survival in todays photography business. So here is a small very niche market first attempt. Please take a look and tell me what you think…
I met two very nice guys yesterday Alan Stringer and Wally Jinks, Doncasters newest Millionaires they scooped a cheque for £2 Million pounds from the National lottery Jackpot for June 19th 2010. The pair didn’t discover they had won until six days after Wally and his wife Dawn returned from a five day Holiday on Jersey.
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