> Kodak (I believe he said) "invented" the rule of thirds--back in the
> 50s or 60s? I was moved to observe that this theory of composition was
> hardly new or in need of recent (re)invention for, as far as I know, it
> dates back to at least the time of Rembrandt, indeed, if not as far back as
> Leonardo da Vinci!
>
Could this be a simplification of the Golden Ratio? (1.618.....) In
nature this goes back millions of years, e.g. nautilus shell.
mike
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