...but the fundamental element of picture-making is the cut… - Arthur Hammond

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...but the fundamental element of picture-making is the cutting of the picture-space by lines or edges of tones, and this is what is known as "spacing".

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

The emotions suggested by facts, not the facts themselves, are what concern the picture maker. This is where he is differentiated from those who seek to make only records and who are concerned only with facts.

A curved line, as a rule, will convey an impression of beauty more strongly than a straight line; a curve can be vastly more satisfying and pleasing than a tangent.

...but the fundamental element of picture-making is the cutting of the picture-space by lines or edges of tones, and this is what is known as "spacin… - Arthur Hammond

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