“Photographs Not Taken,” published by Daylight, is a collection of essays in which photographers discuss why a photo eluded them, or why they decided not to take it.

It’s not all heady internal debates or moral decisions not to shoot; occasionally, the moment simply slips away. The collection is a reminder of the limits of photography as a document of experience. “Sometimes, you just get an instinct when to put the camera down and be fully present,” Nadav Kander writes.

Sometimes, experience is all you’re going to get out of that moment.