“Photography is a powerful medium of persuasion and propaganda. It has that ring of truth when all the time, in artful hands, it can make any statement the manipulator chooses.” HandsPowerfulPhotographyRingsStatementsMediumsPropagandaPersuasionManipulator Book:Basic Photography Source: Basic Photography
“Composition in photography is almost as varied as composition in music or words -- melodic or atonal, safe or daring -- and can enhance subject, theme, and style. Every photograph you take involves you in some compositional decision, even if this is simply where to set up the camera or when to press the button.” IfsDecisionSubjectsStyleSafePhotographyCamerasPressesPhotographThemeDaringCompositionButtons Book:Basic Photography Source: Basic Photography
“None of us works entirely in a vacuum. Unless you are uncompromisingly working to please yourself you must think to whom your photography is directed and how is it likely to be received.” ThinkingPleasePhotographyVacuumsPlease Yourself Book:Langford's Advanced Photography Source: Langford's Advanced Photography
