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HT0878 - Meaningless Precision

There are two aspects of photography, the science and the art. In my youth, I thoroughly overemphasized the science and pursued precision that, in retrospect, were perfectly meaningless. For example, I didn't control the temperature of my film developers to 68° plus or minus a degree, but used sophisticated mercury thermometers to control the temperatures to plus or minus a tenth of a degree. All of which took considerable energy and sophisticated logistics, but didn't improve my artwork one whit.