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4A Wsdnss ft,000bOr 10,2012 <br /> OPINION <br /> Roses and <br /> Raspbem*es <br /> Roses to organizers <br /> Bryce Lankard,Barbara <br /> Viler and the other par- <br /> ticipants who are putting <br /> on the inaugural In Focus <br /> Photography festival, an <br /> ambitious two-month celebration of the <br /> photographic arts being held at venues <br /> throughout Chapel Hill. <br /> The event is wide-ranging,exploring top- <br /> ics from documentary photography to how. <br /> to build a collection to alternative tech- <br /> niques for making photographic images. <br /> It is being staged by photographeas,cura- <br /> tors scholars and others at venues ranging <br /> from the Frank Gallery—home base for In <br /> Focus—to the Carolina Inn to the North <br /> Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. <br /> As der points out,Photography is un- <br /> IDW most art forms in that ahnost everybody <br /> does it;most of us take at least family por- <br /> traits and vacation snapshots.That mares <br /> Photography unusually acxeswble,and the <br /> In Focus festival offers something of inter. <br /> est for just about anyone. <br /> It also offers almost everyone the oppor- <br /> tun ty.to participate: will hold a <br /> community slide show this Saturday,on top <br /> of the Wallace Deck downtown.Best bet for <br /> having your shots included is to send them <br /> in by email ahead of time,but you can also <br /> bring them in digital form to the event.See <br /> frankinfoaustumbh:c�oanfor details. <br /> All in all,In Foals is a prodigious under- <br /> taking:Kudos to Lankud,TYroler and all <br /> the others taking it on. <br />