A photographer must have as sound a knowledge of picture-ma… - Arthur Hammond

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A photographer must have as sound a knowledge of picture-making as a painter, and he must have such control over his chosen medium that he can put personal expression and his own individuality into his pictures.

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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Practically speaking, the securing of true tones in a photograph depends entirely upon the exposure.

There is a tendency among "advanced" pictorialists to neglect the choice of an interesting subject and to trust to an effective pattern to make their pictures interesting. Such pictures are often interesting, but they are interesting more as studies in artistic technique than as pictures.

Lines have expression, and by the use of lines alone we can suggest impressions.

A photographer must have as sound a knowledge of picture-making as a painter, and he must have such control over his chosen medium that he can put pe… - Arthur Hammond

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