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    <title>Scaling the heights</title>
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      <title>The Volcano Miners</title>
      <description>I have always been a keen traveller and snapper but starting with a China trip about 10 years ago I have been striving to make my holiday snaps into something worth looking at artistically. I have been much encouraged by the positive comments of critical friends.   
Since retiring from paid work I spend most of my time in Indonesia, with as much additional travelling as time and funds permit.  I have been teaching myself photography from books, magazines, and my own mistakes and successes.  Successes - several photographs have been accepted for publication in various magazines!
Does 62 seem too old to be applying for this scholarship?  I am a fit, healthy and active person with a passion for travel and a deep desire to produce meaningful, worthwhile photographs.  I enjoy landscape, love photographing ancient buildings, but my aim is to photograph what I call the “dignity of humanity”.  As I continue to practise and learn I envisage a long second career as a photographer, but don’t yet have the technical skills to produce the photos I see in my head!  This scholarship would be an exciting step towards a professional level, and give me confidence in mentoring young Indonesians.
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      <category>Travel</category>
      <category>Australia</category>
      <author>kithamilton</author>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2014 20:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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