"Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts." -- Gary Winogrand.

What does this quote mean? Consider the quote in context of our work with framing and composition

This quote means that a photographer can change the whole mood or story of a scene, just by where they take the picture. By closing off that little frame of the world, you can create facts all of your own. This can completely manipulate what the viewer thinks of this photo, or setting. If they saw it in person, they could get a completely different feel for the area. However, when a photographer snaps a photo, they're capturing what they want the viewers to see, what they think of that world. The photographer can use different angles, lighting techniques, etc. to create "facts" that are not necessarily correct, but what they want to be known. When you snap a photo, you snap your opinion, because everyone has the capability to interpret each scene different when they get to see the whole thing.