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I couldn't quite get through this one, As being somewhat new to photography I was interested in reading a little about composition and having seen this on the shelf near another book, loaned it on a whim.
While I can appreciate the author for maintaining a very free stance on composition rather then taking the side of very staunch, restrictive and academic principals, the writing itself can be very erratic.
Near the beginning the author begins to rebuke some old rules/beliefs seeded into the study of photography, Unfortunately she doesn't precede this with a chapter describing said old rules/beliefs, which right from the get go leaves you with the option of either having prior knowledge of these things or doing as she says, which is to skip further into the book and then return.

While this is not necessarily wrong, it breaks the flow of the book as a whole, Book by Feininger, Andreas.