But the quality of the result obtained by using a pin-hole to which its advocates attach most importance is the suppression of sharp focus over the w… - Alfred Horsley Hinton

...to be able to say of a representation that it is "exactly like Nature " is by no means equivalent to saying that it is a fine picture.

The objection to the shiny, highly polished surface of albumen and gelatine papers is that, besides the fact that the surface reflects false and disturbing lights, the very polish and gloss has an artificial appearance which, from its very superfine character, irresistibly reminds us of its origin and nature.

… what the photographer has to be urged, persuaded and argued with, to do, are often matters which the artist never needs to think about, because it would be unnatural to him not to act in unconscious obedience thereto.