The field of action of a ...

The field of action of a photograph should be that chessboard of the heart and mind upon which poetry and art have always operated
The field of action of a photograph should be that chessboard of the heart and mind upon which poetry and art have always operated
 Frederick Sommer

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In total acceptance, almost everything becomes a revelation.
 Frederick Sommer
Art accepts what it finds.
 Frederick Sommer
Art is not arbitrary. A fine painting is not there by accident; it is not arrived at by chance. We are sensitive to tonalities.
 Frederick Sommer
Art and accident are one.
 Frederick Sommer
... art is images you carry. You cannot carry nature with you, but you carry images of nature. When you go out to make a picture you find you are moved by something which is in agreement with an image you already held within yourself.
 Frederick Sommer