Not Just a Pretty Picture

"Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a pretty picture, not an exercise in contortionist techniques and sheer print quality. It is or should be a significant document, a penetrating statement, which can be described in a very simple term - selectivity."
Berenice Abbott 1898–1991

But on the other hand there’s always someone trying to get a leg up.