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"If a medium is representational by nature of the realistic image formed by a lens, I see no reason why we should stand on our heads to distort that function. On the contrary, we should take hold of that very quality, make use of it, and explore it to the fullest." ~ Berenice Abbott
ABBOTT'S COUNSEL FOR STRAIGHT PICTURE MAKNG IS right up my picture making alley. However, that written, I believe that making good straight pictures is the most difficult objective to obtain. That's cuz....
"Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself. " ~ Berenice Abbott
I would differ with Abbott's opinion, re: some people are still unaware, inasmuch as I would substitute for the phrase "some people" with the phrase "most people". That's cuz, it seems that, even in those instances when a picture maker's eye and/or sensibilities might be captured by an "ordinary", everyday referent, most often he/she reverts, Pavlovian response wise, to applying one form or another of art sauce to the picture. What is is never quite good enough.
I would guess that proclivity is due to the human attraction (addiction?) to spectacular / dramatic / romanticized representations of the real world. Or the idea on the part of the piture maker that nothing exceeds like excess.