“The practice of Pictorial Photography cannot be taught by a Kindergarten system; the mere comparison with typical examples must be accompanied with a right understanding of underlying principles and theory.”

—  Alfred Horsley Hinton

Source: Part II : Practical Pictorial Photography, p. 1

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