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The Greatest Compliment That I Know How To Pay Another Photographer Is To Say, 'i Never Would Have Made That Photograph Myself. I'm Sure Glad You Did.' You Hope Along The Way That Maybe, Once In A While, You Do That For Someone Else.

-John Sexton

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The Greatest Compliment That I Know How

John Sexton

The Greatest Compliment That I Know How To Pay Another Photographer Is To Say, 'i Never Would Have Made That Photograph Myself. I'm Sure Glad You Did.' You Hope Along The Way That Maybe, Once In A While, You Do That For Someone Else.

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