...the accuracy of the lens is often regarded as infallible… - Arthur Hammond

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...the accuracy of the lens is often regarded as infallible, whereas, from the artistic standpoint, a lens is less accurate than the trained eye.

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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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Plates and films possess great latitude, it is true, but too short an exposure always has a tendency to cause a loss of atmosphere.

To learn to see pictorially is the first essential duty of the would-be picture-maker.

The very word composition, defined as the "the act of composing; putting together; arranging in proper order," implies that the picture-maker must do something besides setting up his camera and letting it photograph just what happens before it.

...the accuracy of the lens is often regarded as infallible, whereas, from the artistic standpoint, a lens is less accurate than the trained eye. - Arthur Hammond

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