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Maggie Dallas: Artist, Combat Photographer and Realtor

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Everyday lives of extraordinary people - an interview with Maggie Dallas by Ellie M. Blake  “What a time to be alive!” Maggie Dallas says, as she starts off our interview by telling me the college world series, an annual baseball tournament held in June in Nebraska, is on and it’s busy everywhere. “Plus everyone is freaking out about market rates,” she adds.   I love her energy. You never know what someone will be like, and meeting them for the first time, those first impressions speak volumes.  In our 40-minute zoom interview, Maggie Dallas and I discussed combat photography in the military, explored creativity, talked about real estate and our experiences of social media. We also spoke about connecting with people and the pressure to be successful.  The Military It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like for her, just out of high school, in the military as a combat photographer, spending time in a little studio attached to the navy, but also in a foreign country on the other si