Posts You May Have Missed This Past Year

To Our Red River Paper Blog Visitors

This past year has been a tumultuous one, with major news stories breaking almost daily and people scrambling to rearrange their schedules each time new COVID guidelines were announced. We’ve selected some great posts for your reading pleasure in case you missed them the first time around.

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A Happy, Prosperous, and Healthy New Year!

Nikola Olic: Dominates Tall Buildings With a Single Lens!

Image © Nikola Olic

Nikola Olic is a lover of photography, a quintessential “amateur” in the classical sense of the word. He is free to exercise his artistic vision without the restraints of time or client demands. “I was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia,” says Olic, now 47, “and came to the U.S. at 17 as an exchange student to study computer science and engineering.” Read More

Spending the 1958 Winter Solstice in Barrow, Alaska

Image © Arthur H. Bleich

The Wien Alaska Airlines war-surplus C-47 made a large circle in the dark noonday sky. All I could see out the window as it began its final approach was the bright moon shining on a small cluster of lighted buildings surrounded by a vast expanse of ice. I lifted my camera to the window, set the focus to infinity, and shot a picture at about 1/15 of a second at f/3.5, expecting nothing but a blurred image. Read More

How Photography Helped Save My Life

Image © Michael Blanchard

I was arrested in February 2010 in Maine for drunk driving while attempting to drive to Boston to speak with my wife and try to repair the damage from our constant fights. I was the COO at a company in Maine, and my wife was living in the city. She was my whole world, and I was losing her. With no support system, I fell apart, relying on vodka to hold me together. Read More

Our National Parks Odyssey: Time Marches On

Image © Andrew R. Slaton

There was so much sunshine in those days. The abundant, pillowy cumulus clouds were always present, but they seemed to avoid blocking the source of all that light for an unusually long time. The cold, dark shadows would come eventually. Open country has always captured my imagination in an all-encompassing way. Read More

Collect Iconic Photos for Fun and Profit

Image © William Eggleston, 1981

Classic and contemporary photography has become a staple at auctions, and all you need to participate is your cellphone. Even if you are not bidding, browsing these collections can be a fascinating experience, offering a glimpse into photographic history from its beginnings to the present. Read More

Kah-Wai Lin: Fine Arts Landscape Images

Image © Kah-Wai Lin

Five years ago, Dr. Kah-Wai Lin, 38, dramatically changed the course of his life. After completing his education across multiple countries, including earning an MD and a PhD in medical science, he accepted a research position at Princeton University. Everything seemed perfectly aligned, until it wasn’t. Read More

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Original Publication Date: December 31, 2021

Article Last updated: May 01, 2026

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