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We also have to remember that the image was taken at a time when computers didn't exist, it was always meant to be seen in the flesh as it were, on paper, having been manually developed and printed to show it at it's best. What AA wanted to do (I think) was express light, that's why he always strove to capture the full tonal range and why he went to such pains at each stage of the process from shutter click to final print.
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