You need to understand the nature of a photograph, Sir, the photographer explained somewhat absentmindedly while she pulled out the film holder from the back of her 8x10 inch view camera. Our aim is to omit as much as is possible from the frame, and then to celebrate the incidental detail that is included in the shot, planned or not.
Forgive me, but did you actually take my portrait? This is what I came here for! the customer said impatiently as he worked himself out of the chair.
I thought I had explained the matter, she replied calmly. Incidental detail. We celebrate incidental detail. The print will be ready on Friday. The 32 pounds are payable now.
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William Fox Talbot, The Pencil of Nature (1844).