Understanding a Photograph (1972)
Photographs bear witness to a human choice being exercised in a given situation. A photograph is a result of the photographer's decision that it is worth recording that this particular event or this particular object has been seen. If everything there existed were continually being photographed, every photograph would become meaningless.
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Theory of the film (1945)
This is the strongest means of characterization the film possesses; and it is not reproduction but genuine production. The cameraman’s vision, his artistic creative work, the expression of his personality, can be seen only in the screen projection.
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