John Baldessari discorda (por antecipação) de Michael Freeman

"Fotografia não é todo e qualquer disparo de uma máquina fotográfica" (1)

"Deve a composição da fotografia obedecer às regras clássicas (Rectângulo de Ouro, Regra dos Terços)" (2)

Michael Freeman, Novo Manual de Fotografia, pag.45 (1) e 55 (2), Editorial Presença

Baldessari created this work after looking at an art instruction book about how to properly compose images. He said:

"And I loved the idea that somebody would just say that this is right and this is wrong. So I decided I would have a painting that was wrong - a work of art that was wrong - which seemed right to me.”, John Baldessari, 1967