J.R.R. Tolkien Quote
It was an irresistible development of modern illustration (so largely photographic) that borders should be abandoned and the picture end only with the paper. This method may be suitable for for photographs; but it is altogether inappropriate for the pictures that illustrate or are inspired by fairy-stories. An enchanted forest requires a margin, even an elaborate border. To print it coterminous with the page, like a shot of the Rockies in Picture Post, as if it were indeed a snap of fairyland or a sketch by our artist on the spot, is a folly and an abuse.
J.R.R. Tolkien
It was an irresistible development of modern illustration (so largely photographic) that borders should be abandoned and the picture end only with the paper. This method may be suitable for for photographs; but it is altogether inappropriate for the pictures that illustrate or are inspired by fairy-stories. An enchanted forest requires a margin, even an elaborate border. To print it coterminous with the page, like a shot of the Rockies in Picture Post, as if it were indeed a snap of fairyland or a sketch by our artist on the spot, is a folly and an abuse.