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Daily Archives: August 20, 2013

Photography 101: Finding Your Focus

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Vladimir Brezina | 2 comments

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    Unknown's avatarVladimir Brezina (RIP)
        ... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.

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        ... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.

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