Cameras Quote by Andreas Feininger

“Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record.” quote by Andreas Feininger — Download Open image

“Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record.”

Andreas Feininger

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Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective.

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