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Egotism is annoying, but excessive modesty can be problematic too.
I like essays, and their less prestigious cousins, columns, as literary forms. (Blog posts are a still more junior relative.) One of my early heroes and models was a fellow named Owen Edwards, who wrote a regular column for
American Photographer magazine (he was its exhibition critic. The magazine s name was later changed to
American Photographer magazine does not have a Wikipedia page.
Neither does Owen Edwards, so I really know very little about him.including whether the Owen Edwards bylines I keep running across here and there all belong to the same person. Here s one, for instance, from