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The camera is the most powerful tool ever invented—it is more powerful than any weapon. Its strength comes from empowering people and multiplying their potential. It is a tool that speaks all the languages and can connect its holder with everyone in the world. It is also a tool that enables each person to share their story and their unique point of view.

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Come follow me on @southernglossary! I'll be posting photographs all week, from my fine art images, to my work for the Auburn Plainsman! #takeover #southernglossary #auburn

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Robby Shelton of the University of Alabama, tees off on the final day of the #barbasolchampionship at #grandnational in Opelika, Alabama. Shelton placed third, the first time an amateur golfer has finished in the top five since Phil Mickelson won the Northern Telecom Open in 1991. #uofa #Alabama #golf #pgatour (at Grand National Golf Course)

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Come check out the inaugural exhibition for The Future Is Now, tonight, at Section A Studio in Brooklyn!

Featuring work by:

Henry Amistadi • Saleem Ahmed • Peter Croteau • Rachel Chabot • Julia Gat • Grant Gill • Sarah Gregoire • Cody Herlihy • Melissa Kagerer • Christiana Rifaat • Erica Roberts • Thomas Rogalski • Dakota Sumpter • Nathan Veilleux

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Young Artist Spotlight #15: Dakota Sumpter

Dakota Sumpter’s ongoing work in the Tuskeegee National Forest provides a shifting document of the landscape in flux. Nothing is static in nature, and this work attests to that. Contemporary landscape photography tends to revolve around human impact on the natural world. While the photographs from Tuskeegee do address the human impact with the forest, they show more than a landscape damaged by man. Rather than a purely environmentalist point of view, the series focuses on the constant change witnessed in recurring trips to the national park.

A parallel that you could draw is the constant flux the landscape undergoes- I felt a similar change growing up because I moved around a lot.

Sumpter is inspired by the 18th century naturalist and explorer William Bartram, who, as a newcomer to the region, traversed much of the South-East, including the area that would become Tuskeegee National Forest. Embracing the state of a newcomer, Sumpter explored his surrounding area with fresh eyes, and landed in Tuskeegee. In these woods he saw the history of the land, the growth and decay, the life and death that is ever present and ever changing.

While every photograph is somehow related to time, Sumpter’s photographs are a conversation with time and the landscape. They are a conversation about change, influenced by the photographer’s personal history, and the natural and cultural history of the land.

Dakota Sumpter is a photographer currently based in Auburn, AL, although he has lived in a range of locations across the Eastern United States and as far as central Texas. He primarily shoots Kodak films with a Mamiya RB67. He currently works as a photo-editor for the Auburn Plainsman, and as a darkroom manager at Auburn University

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Jesse Beck of the Bailey Mountain Cloggers performs in one of their routines at Bluegrass on the Plains on Friday, May 29, 2015, in Auburn, Alabama. The Bailey Mountain Cloggers are a competition and travelling dance team from Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, North Carolina. View the gallery at theplainsman.com

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Dakota Sumpter

Really enjoying the work of Alabama based photographer, Dakota Sumpter. Check out his series titled “Tuskegee National Forest” on the site today!

Dakota Sumpter is a photographer currently based out of Auburn, AL, although he has lived in a range of locations across the Eastern United States and as far as central Texas. Throughout his college career, he has studied Fine Art, Philosophy, and Photography. Dakota’s current photographic work is primarily focused on the human manipulation of public spaces. Today we share Dakota’s series titled

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So excited to have my work featured by one of my favorites, @aintbadmagazine!