We know the mountain peaks are lofty, and we think of them … - Alfred Horsley Hinton

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We know the mountain peaks are lofty, and we think of them so, and we mentally enlarge them, but not the cottage at their foot, or the trees half way up.

Alfred Horsley Hinton

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(1863 – 25 February 1908) was an English landscape photographer, best known for his work in the pictorialist movement in the 1890s and early 1900s.

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Alternative Names: A. Horsley Hinton • A. Horsley-Hinton

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The practice of Pictorial Photography cannot be taught by a Kindergarten system; the mere comparison with typical examples must be accompanied with a right understanding of underlying principles and theory.

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In selecting our subject…there are two factors which it should be borne in mind are essential, and these are Expression and Composition

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