{"id":28250,"date":"2021-02-06T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=28250"},"modified":"2024-10-14T23:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T04:51:51","slug":"channeling-my-inner-josef-muench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=28250","title":{"rendered":"Channeling My Inner Josef Muench"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grand Canyon at Dawn, Arizona. December 2, 1985.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It was a beautiful winter morning and Bob (my brother-in-law and photo buddy) and I were up long before sunrise to capture the early morning light at the Grand Canyon. It was our good fortune that it had snowed a bit overnight. The light was beautiful. With the coming of the sun the snow disappeared, as did the magic of the light.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In this article<\/a> I describe my long and appreciative admiration for three generations of Muench photographers. They have been inspiring me for decades.\u00c2\u00a0 It began when I was a teenager growing up in Colorado. I found Josef Muench’s beautiful Colorado landscapes in Colorful Colorado magazine <\/em>and as each issue came out I eagerly looked through it to see if any of his images were in that issue.<\/p>\n\n

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Moran Point, Grand Canyon National Park by Josef Muench.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Josef Muench was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States. He first discovered Arizona in 1936 and said “When I first saw the desert I liked it. It was new and different. It immediately took on a meaning to me. I had heard it was barren. It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. A little cactus\u00e2\u20ac\u201cso delicate and beautiful, can hide from you. You have to go slowly, and look carefully.” Two years later he met with the editor of Arizona Highways and a life long photographer\/magazine relationship was born.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Josef Muench, Pro Techniques of Landscape Photograhy <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I always liked looking at beautiful photos and I took some occasional snapshots with a Kodak Instamatic camera. But it was 20 years after I was a teenager pouring over Colorful Colorado<\/em> that I became serous about creating nice quality images. One of the books I acquired to improve my skills is by Josef Muench. In December 1985 it all came full circle as I found myself standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon and channeling my inner Josef Muench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have not been to the Grand Canyon, it should be very high on your priority list of places to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally posted February 6, 2021. Updated and expanded January 20, 2022.<\/em>

Series Link<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Channeling My Inner . . .<\/a> the link to this series of articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More inks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A short biography of Josef Muench<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography books by David and Marc Muench, Josef’s son and grandson, are in this section of my Amazon powered photography store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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