Regarding the Pain of Others

Not exactly the kind of book one is eager to read before and after the day of their wedding; however, be that as it may.

‰ЫПPhotography is the only major art in which professional training and years of experience do not confer an insuperable advantage over the untrained and inexperienced ‰ЫУ this for many reasons, among them the large role that chance (or luck) plays in the taking of pictures, and the bias toward the spontaneous, the rough, the imperfect. (There is no comparable level playing field in literature, where virtually nothing owes to chance or luck and where refinement of language usually incurs no penalty.)‰Ыќ