Rich - and everyone else - I share your concerns. There has definitely been a drastic decline in Forum participation since I joined in 2008.

I would partly blame it on folks with very busy lives as mentioned above.

I am also to blame I guess. I need to spend more time in the Forums and initiate chats. My time is just so limited as we are only 2 people looking after 8 galleries. I'm not tryinh to make excuses - just mentioning it.

From my side I will make more effort to be more active.

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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