Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/03

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Subject: Re: I respectfully disagree with Ted ;-)
From: "captyng" <captyng@vtx.ch>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 09:38:47 +0100

<I refuse to accept that luck is involved>

The reality of photography is that it is a game of chance operations. You
are able to influence certain elements, but it is chance (luck) that has
made many of the real great images of photographic history. HCB, Winogrand,
Salgado & Co. won't say the contrary, I guess. Same thing in music and same
thing in painting. What the photographer basically does, I think, is
setting up a trap to catch chance. Make many pictures and you will
increase your chances of producing the exeptional image.

Gerard Captijn.