Raghu Kuvempunagar
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Some thoughts by Gueorgui Pinkhassov which could be relevant in this context:
"a thought crossed my mind: perhaps in photography, there is no such thing as composition. Perhaps there is, instead, a decisive point in space—just like Cartier-Bresson’s decisive moment in time. If the decisive moment masters time, then the decisive point governs space. And the photographer’s role is to find it—through the lens—and react in that fleeting instant. In painting, the ancestor of photography, you arrange the elements to create composition. In photography, to remain faithful to the flow of life, you seek that elusive point."
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"a thought crossed my mind: perhaps in photography, there is no such thing as composition. Perhaps there is, instead, a decisive point in space—just like Cartier-Bresson’s decisive moment in time. If the decisive moment masters time, then the decisive point governs space. And the photographer’s role is to find it—through the lens—and react in that fleeting instant. In painting, the ancestor of photography, you arrange the elements to create composition. In photography, to remain faithful to the flow of life, you seek that elusive point."

Gueorgui Pinkhassov
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