The reason I take a lot of photograyhs is to make up for the fact that one photograph really doesn't give me all the information I need. Also, the camera is like one eye and it really deals only with values. The photograph doesn't do that because a camera doesn't have ideas. It can only reproduce, so you have to use a lot of trickery. Estes is an extraordinary craftsman.
Aesthetics play a key role.
Sharp perspectives and dramatic patches of light and dark. The clouds, skimming Lincoln Center Plaza, take their cue from the breeze that rustles the flags over the entrance to the hotel. We let logic go, and give in to the pure pleasure of this visual banquet. The Urban Landscape, p. 27. Virginia Anne Bonito.