Pictorial effect in photography : being hints on composition and chiaroscuro for photographers, to which is added a chapter on combination printing (1869)
Robinson, H. P. (Henry Peach), 1830-1901 · London : Piper & Carter · leaf 75
r>5 It will be seen that most of the lines, although not parallel, run in one direction. There is no balance whatever, no variety of lines, no relief, and the space behind the figure is " to let." There … eminent sitter, the presence of mind to use it. This, or a similar position, more full-faced, one hand on a table and the other on the knee, is to be seen in nine out of every ten photographs of the sitting figure ; in fact, it appears to be the traditional position of the photographic sitter…
Composition (Photography)
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