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Artist	Jim Read
Gender	Male
Age	68 years old
Status	Amateur photographer
Country	United-Kingdom
Influence	The early Photo-Secession, Andre Kertesz, Gary Winogrand, Minor White, Wynn Bullock, Harry Callahan, Joyce Tenneson, Fay Godwin, Jane Bown, Paul Hill, John Blakemore, William Bishop,
Site	http://www.jasread.com/

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My interest in photography began in my early teens and I was able to use the family Kodak Brownie 127 occasionally and have the use of my Grandfathers magnifying glass to look at the 'enprints'.

I've been down both the education route, City & Guilds modules and the exhibition route, 14 in total to hone my skills. I had done some street photography in the 90's with a film SLR camera and had two exhibitions of the prints.

Enter the digital age and slowly I changed from film to files as and when I could afford it.

Last year I sold a camera to Jill Willis ARPS and she explained about the Royal Photographic Society distinctions. I made the decision to try for an LRPS and have been to an advisory day to have my work looked at. I am booked in at an RPS assessment day in June.