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Then, too, there are the accidents. Somo master photo-
gra phers attempt to elimin te acci dente; others are positi ve that
the camera medium is a meane of pursuing the accident, of actually
working with the capricious importances of sheer chance. But the
photographer has to know what hie photograph says.
Here
a leak in the bellows caused the "11 ght". Hes the photographer a
right to ehow this as his work?
It wae not what he saw, nor what
caused him to make a negati ve.
The rationalization follows:
A photographer "recognizes" plotures. This ie a much more
accurate description of his oreati ve activity than to say he "makes"
them. (Taking" is also very accurate - predetory end arrogant as the
