p.47
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The main object of interest should not be in the exact centre of picture-space, because that is where we imagine the fulcrum of the steelyard balance to be.
— Arthur Hammond
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Source: Wikiquote: "Arthur Hammond" (Quotes, Pictorial Composition in Photography (1920), Chapter II)
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About Arthur Hammond
Arthur Hammond (1880 - 1962) was a pictorialist photographer, who has written books like Pictorial Composition in Photography.
About Arthur Hammond
Arthur Hammond (1880 - 1962) was a pictorialist photographer, who has written books like Pictorial Composition in Photography.
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