The artist, and more especially he who uses a camera, must … - Arthur Hammond

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The artist, and more especially he who uses a camera, must enedeavor to be, not a mere recorder of external facts, but one who forms a vivid mental impression and tries to make us realize his impression.

Arthur Hammond

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Arthur Hammond (1880 - 1962) was a pictorialist photographer, who has written books like Pictorial Composition in Photography.

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Too many lines and too many objects of equal importance in a picture will cause confusion, discomfort and eye-strain.

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