Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.
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Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.
The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.
To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.
As a writer I've learned certain lessons. One of them is to be careful about how you put a view, and to bear in mind how easily and readily you'll be misinterpreted.
Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me.
I'm not a politician or a scholar or political historian. I'm just a photographer who's trying to capture a spirit. It's not an intellectual process; it's an intuitive process.
I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art.
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