I have said that a photograph bears witness to a human choice being exercised. This choice is not…

I have said that a photograph bears witness to a human choice being exercised. This choice is not between photographing X and Y; but between photographing at X moment or at Y moment. The objects recorded in any photograph (from the most effective to the most commonplace) carry approximately the same weight, the same conviction. What varies is the intensity with which we are made aware of the poles…