For The Benefit And Enjoyment Of The People

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For The Benefit And Enjoyment Of The People

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Gary Holmes

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The Roosevelt Arch was erected in 1903 at the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, on the southern edge of Gardiner, Montana. My wife and one of my sons posed to demonstrate its size. AThe beautifully lit hills in the background provide a hint at the splendors waiting within the park. Although the park was created nearly 30 years earlier by an act of Congress in 1872, the rusticated stone arch was named after President Theodore Roosevelt, who was present for the placement of the cornerstone. The motto inscribed above the arch was taken from the text of the Organic Act of 1872, which set aside the land for the park.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. Although I have staged single and group portraits and still life photographs, I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have continued to develop my compositional and post-processing skills and have slowly acquired higher quality equipment that is now capable of putting those skills to their best use. I finally became confident enough to begin posting my work online in September 2012, and have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America.

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November 24th, 2014

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