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Good
Advice
From
Euclid we were taught in youth The
whole is greater than the part,
But
that is scientific truth;
The
converse seems to hold in Art.
So
when you point your Hasselblad
Intent
on your pictorial rôle
Take
this to be your motto, lad,
“The
part is greater than the whole”.
In
this you must be adamant
Before
you ever take a shot,
Select
what is significant,
Eliminate
whatever’s not.
Go
closer, try to fill your screen,
Maximum
impact is your goal,
When
you survey this earthly scene
The
part is greater than the whole.
And
when its in the bag (you hope)
There’s
still the darkroom stage to come.
Enlarging
gives you ample scope
To
drive your message deeper home.
So
trim and shade and work away
With
any method of control,
’Til
Salon hung at last you’ll say
“The
part is greater than the whole”
1956
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