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| Photographer |
GREG DUNNAM {K:3505}
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| Project |
#33 Pictures of Famous Places
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Camera Model |
Nikon 5400
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| Categories |
Travel
Journalism
People
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Film Format |
Digital JPEG High |
| Portfolio |
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Lens |
NIKON ZOOM
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| Uploaded |
1/25/2006 |
Film / Memory Type |
Lexar 1GB 80X Professional w/ WA
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| Views |
196 |
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| Favorites |
0
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Aperture |
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| Critiques |
0 |
Rating |
Pending
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| Location |
City - OXFORD
State - MISSISSIPPI
Country - United States
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| About |
THIS IS THE PICNIC IN 'THE GROVE', THE EVER POPULAR AND MUCH WRITTEN ABOUT EVENT THAT HAPPENS WHENEVER THERE'S A FALL FOOTBALL GAME ON THE CAMPUS OF'OLE MISS',ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI IN OXFORD...BUT MOSTLY,JUST 'OLE MISS'...DIEHARD FOOTBALL FANS,ASPIRING FRATERNITY'S AND SORORITY'S,AND EVEN THE LAST REMNANT'S OF THE SOUTHERN ARISTOCRACY SHOW UP AT THESE INFAMOUS GROUNDS TO THROW UP THIS 'TENT CITY' ON THE SEVERAL MANICURED ACRES DOTTED WITH HUGE OAK'S ON CAMPUS...MUCH OF THE BEST 'MOUTH-WATERING' SOUTHERN FOOD AND DRINK EVER CONSUMED AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST LIES AND TRUTH'S EVER TOLD IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PROUD STATE WAS TOLD AT THIS EVENT;WHILE ASPIRING POLITICIAN'S WORK THE SOMETIMES(MOST TIMES) WHISKEY-INFUSED CROWDS, ALUMNUS ARE EXCHANGING BUSINESS CARDS AND PERK STORIES WHILE THEIR CRISP,FOCUSED WIVE'S EXCHANGE RECIPE'S OF THE WASABI-PINEAPPLE-SHRIMP DIP'S ADORNING THEIR FESTIVE AND WELL APPOINTED MAKE-SHIFT TABLES...THIS IS THE SOUTH'S VERSION OF 'BURNING MAN' AND AS SUCH, YOU CAN OBSERVE SOME LEFT FIELD ON THE EDGE BEHAVIOUR AND PERHAPS THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF BEAUTY,FOOD AND ALCOHOL TO EVER ADORN THIS PART OF THE SOUTH...SO IT SEEMS ONLY FITTING AND NATURAL FOR MANY OF THE SOUTH'S GREAT AUTHOR'S INCLUDING WILLIAM FAULKNER AND LARRY BROWN TO CALL THIS PLACE 'HOME'... '
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