...it is essential to have only one principal object of int… - Arthur Hammond

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...it is essential to have only one principal object of interest in a picture. Without it the picture is not completely satisfying, for the eye is apt to wander over the surface of the picture, seeking rest and finding none.

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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The picture-space should be filled, but need not be crowded, and it must be remembered that in judging balance, not only the masses of the subject, but also the shapes of the area remaining after being cut into by the outlines of these masses, have a bearing on the general design of the picture.

The treatment of the subject is considered to be more important than the subject itself.

...picture-making is almost entirely a matter of good taste, and that is largely instinctive when the taste has been trained and cultivated.

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