I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing.

Photography my passion, the search for truth, my obsession.

My cloud photographs are equivalents of my most profound life experiences, my basic philosophy of life. All art is an equivalent of the artist’s most profound life experiences.

The scene fascinated me: a round straw hat; the funnel leaning left, the stairway leaning right; the white drawbridge, its railings made of chain; white suspenders crossed on the back of a man below; circular iron machinery; a mast that cut into the sky, completing a triangle.

Photography as a fad is well-nigh on its last legs, thanks principally to the bicycle craze.

The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of labor.

I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique.