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August 2018
by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer
"I immediately saw this big
jump in what I could do, and I be-
came immersed in as much learning
as possible," he said, explaining
that much of that came from online
resources and shooting his family at
the time. He later attended studio
courses being offered at Syracuse
University with the emphasis on
lighting in these classes shaping the
direction of his artistic work.
Ophthalmologist finds
passion in expressing
emotion with artistic
photography
It's all about the eyes … and the light
M
arc Safran, MD, Clay
Eye Center, Syracuse,
New York, had a dark
room in high school.
He and a friend, both
self-taught in photography, would
hang out, play rock 'n' roll music,
and process pictures taken with a
Nikkormat camera.
"I always thought I had a good
eye, but once I got into med school
and went that route, I didn't do
much with photography," the John
Hopkins School of Medicine gradu-
ate and Princeton University School
of Engineering undergrad said.
It wasn't until about 12 years
ago that the now 59-year-old cata-
ract and strabismus specialist heard
about digital photography and
thought about picking up that type
of lens again.
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