The Rogers

Off and on the last week or two, I have been reading Roger Deakin and listening to the @teamdeakins podcast managed by James and Roger Deakins. Each man is English and forenamed Roger with just a bit of a different surname. Deakin is the late English naturalist; Deakins, the English cinematographer.

Both men are accomplished, famous and noteworthy for the brilliant, thorough manner of work. And from this distant, viewer and reader, both men cone across as humble and generous. What strikes me when I speak of them to others is the limited overlap of acquaintance. Those who read Deakin are offhandedly aware of the cinematographer; those immersed in Deakins may not know the writer. Of course, there are, must be, a significant number of people who are taken by both Rogers, I just have been running along the edges of focused groups..

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