The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the finished print must be created in full before the film is exposed.

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.

"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach nature in a spirit of inquiry, of communion, instead of with the saucy swagger of self-dubbed "artists"."

There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me.

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.