Regarding your letters on the subject of printing (Inbox, 26 October), and with apologies to the Bard…
Friends, Photographers, Publishers, afford me your cheapest ink; I write to praise the noble Amateur Photographer, not to disapprove.
Not to decry its literature, or cast aspersions upon its editorials. No! let it be said, contributors speak in particularised terminology.
Thus portraying nuances to describe specific meanings.
Let it be so; although it's ambitious in philosophy, it has no grievous faults. There too refrains from talking down, never boring, patronising or superior. Photography was never the dark art. It embraces the light and chases away the blues.
Yes it delves into the conscience, stretches the imagination and tests all human morals.
It pushes tolerances, fears, courage, affection and creativity to its limits. It…