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No departure from the truth of nature shall be discovered by the closest scrutiny.

Henry Peach Robinson

After some time passed in studying - and even imitating - the works of others, I would recommend the student to endeavour to be original, and to remember that originality should not be undiscovered plagiarism.

Henry Peach Robinson

The aim and end of the artist is not truth exactly, much less fact; it is effect... There is no doubt he [the photographer] best gets his effect by way of truth, but he uses it as he would a servant, not a master.

Henry Peach Robinson

Henry Peach Robinson

Henry Peach Robinson

Born: July 9, 1830

Died: February 21, 1901 (aged 70)

Bio: Henry Peach Robinson was an English pictorialist photographer best known for his pioneering combination printing - joining multiple negatives or prints to form a single image; an early example of photomontage.

Known for:

Picture-making by photography (1884)
The elements of a pictorial photograph (1896)
The art and practice of silver printing (1881)
The studio: and what to do in it (1885)

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