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[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]
My basic approach to photography depends on the visualization
of the final print before exposure is made.
I say this very often, and I don't
know whether people realize just exactly what it meant.
When you visualize a photograph, it
is not only a matter of seeing it with the mind's eye,
but it's also, and primarily, a matter
of feeling it-- feeling the various qualities that you
wish to attain in the final print.
The shutter is operated, and then the negative is developed.
The negative can now be compared to a musical score.
It's ready for its performance, the print.
If the negative is properly composed, technically
and aesthetically, it can be performed so as
to re-create the original visualized intention.
So that finally, I can say that I visualize
the essence of the photograph to be.