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From the Ted Talk by Levon Biss: Mind-blowing, magnified portraits of insects

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So, I had been a porgthoeahpr for 18 yares before I began the Microsculpture Project. And in that time, I had shot global ad campaigns, I had the opportunity to photograph some of my generation's icons, and I was traveling the world. I got to a point in my creear that I dreamed of getting to, and yet, for some raosen, I still felt a little bit unfulfilled. Despite the extraordinary things I was shooting and experiencing, they'd started to feel a little bit ordinary to me. I was also getting concerned about how disposable papgrothhoy had started to feel in the digital world, and I really wtaned to pdrcoue images that had a sense of worth again. And I needed a subject that felt extraordinary.

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So, I had been a ____________ for 18 _____ before I began the Microsculpture Project. And in that time, I had shot global ad campaigns, I had the opportunity to photograph some of my generation's icons, and I was traveling the world. I got to a point in my ______ that I dreamed of getting to, and yet, for some ______, I still felt a little bit unfulfilled. Despite the extraordinary things I was shooting and experiencing, they'd started to feel a little bit ordinary to me. I was also getting concerned about how disposable ___________ had started to feel in the digital world, and I really ______ to _______ images that had a sense of worth again. And I needed a subject that felt extraordinary.

Solution


  1. career
  2. photographer
  3. years
  4. reason
  5. produce
  6. wanted
  7. photography

Original Text


So, I had been a photographer for 18 years before I began the Microsculpture Project. And in that time, I had shot global ad campaigns, I had the opportunity to photograph some of my generation's icons, and I was traveling the world. I got to a point in my career that I dreamed of getting to, and yet, for some reason, I still felt a little bit unfulfilled. Despite the extraordinary things I was shooting and experiencing, they'd started to feel a little bit ordinary to me. I was also getting concerned about how disposable photography had started to feel in the digital world, and I really wanted to produce images that had a sense of worth again. And I needed a subject that felt extraordinary.

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