The Diagonal Method (DM) is a “method" of composition that was accidentally discovered in May 2006 by the Dutch photographer and teacher of photography Edwin Westhoff, while doing research in relation to the (in photography known) theory of composition called the “Rule of Thirds".
The Diagonal Method is not a (contrived) theory, but a discovery. It is not derived from the Golden Section or the Rule of Thirds.

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