Arthur Hammond Quote

I am a firm upholder of and a strong believer in the merits of the straight print, not that I disapprove of hand work, but because I believe that hand work carried too far will tend to destroy the very quality that makes photography worth of being considered a fine art.


p.73 - Pictorial Composition in Photography (1920) - Chapter III


I am a firm upholder of and a strong believer in the merits of the straight print, not that I disapprove of hand work, but because I believe that...

I am a firm upholder of and a strong believer in the merits of the straight print, not that I disapprove of hand work, but because I believe that...

I am a firm upholder of and a strong believer in the merits of the straight print, not that I disapprove of hand work, but because I believe that...

I am a firm upholder of and a strong believer in the merits of the straight print, not that I disapprove of hand work, but because I believe that...