Bob wrote: > The proportions of photographic paper are determined by the historical > proportions of ordinary paper.
This isn't about the format of paper but format of film (which hardly ever fit the paper). > One possible reason why there may be more (non-square) rectangular > compositions than square ones is that there is only one square, and > there are infinitely many possible rectangles. Nope. It is because we don't observe the world square. It is also because the square format project less tension and look more static. >Some controlled psychological > eperiments have apparently suggested that there is no preference for > the golden section over other proportions, and this appears to be > borne out by statistics gathered about the proportions used by > European painters historically. Not true. Controlled psychological test have confirmed that almost all humans prefer the golden section or something close to it. Totally symetrical, or square images are observed with less interest as it contains less visual tension. P�l
