Regard The Picture: The theory on which their classical rules of perspective were based was that light rays emanating from objects are received by the eye at the apex of a cone, or visual pyramid. The picture plane is considered to be a vertical section of this visual pyramid, which Alberti in his book On Painting (1435) compared to a window: "Let me tell you what I do when I am painting. First of all, on the surface on which I am going to paint I draw a quadrangle of right angles of whichever size I want, which I regard the picture as an open window through which the subject to be painted is seen.
The advantages to the buyer are obvious. Does it seem like a bad arrangement for the photographer? At first glance it might seem so, but when this same picture is sold over and over, perhaps fifty times in the course of years, the photographer eventually realizes a handsome total return for his effort in shooting the picture for stock sales.
That's why the stock picture photographer doesn't get rich quick, but enjoys a long-term income advantage for his work. Many a picture has earned, over a period of years, more than $1,000 in fees.
The picture was important because it constituted legal evidence. My would-be client didn't want to take a chance on entrusting this picture to just any photographer, because he was afraid the picture might be muffed.
I turned down the job for two reasons: first because I don't want my Camera to embarrass any woman and second because I didn't want to be dragged into court as a witness in the divorce case.
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