Re: A simple question...

ASAAR <caught@xxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:27:48 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:

I agree, it is quite possible, perhaps even probable, that this was a
choice rather than a mistake.

But Neil Harrington always "knows best". ;-)

Oh, I've been mistaken too. Let's see . . . 1957, I think it was. . . .

With several interesting subjects in the photo, the question then
becomes which of them was Lange's prime subject?

Provided you make the assumption that the prime subject is always
where you should place the sharpest focus. I agree it's a useful
general rule which ought to be followed in the absence of particular
reasons not to, but not that it's a compositional rule which
should never be broken.

Is there even such a thing as a compositional rule which should never
be broken?

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