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“There is no such thing as correct perspective; all choices of perspective have advantages and disadvantages.”

Aaron Hertzmannaaronhertzmann.com ↗

Anything far away in your phone photo looks too small, because the camera follows linear perspective and your eyes do not. Art school and computer graphics both teach the pinhole model as objective reality. Hertzmann started doubting it when his own paintings kept disagreeing with photos taken at the same moment. The camera is not neutral. It is one choice among many.