Edward Weston Quotes About Composition
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Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.
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......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing.
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Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.
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Arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, — finding things ready-made for a machine to record, and of course the mechanics of the medium. I say that chance enters into all branches of art.
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When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches.
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