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Cattle-Lac, Aubrey TX. Nobody really gets a PhD in "History." They defend a doctoral thesis on The Invisible Hand of Empire: British Cotton Merchants and the Reshaping of South Asian Labor Markets, 1780–1860, which demonstrates the ability to research and understand deeply. This can be applied to any topic in history. Likewise, nobody practices "photography" at an advanced level. They practice architecture, fine art, real estate, documentary, portrait, street, or wildlife photography (or any of dozens of sub-genres). You need to focus to improve at anything, after you've developed fundamental skills. Of course, not every photographer wants or needs to get better. Some just want to take good snapshots and share them with friends on their phones, and that's fine. I've experienced this specialization with several interests across my life. The result is that I can have long conversations about writing, teaching, traditional Japanese martial arts, and now, photography. Only, that's not…