“Photography does not form a separate, barren field of art. It is only a means of execution, uniform, rapid and sure, which serves the artist by reproducing with mathematical precision the form and effect of objects and even that poetry which at once arises from any harmonious combination.” MeanDoeArtFormArtistEffectsFieldsObjectsPhotographyAriseMathematicalCombinationExecutionUniformsRapidsHarmoniousPrecisionBarrenReproducing Author:Charles Negre
“If art is the poetic interpretation of nature, photography is the exact translation; it is exactitude in art or the complement of art. (1854)” IfsArtPhotographyArt IsPoeticInterpretationTranslationsComplementExactitude Author:Charles Negre