A photograph is not an accident - it is a concept.

Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept.

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.

The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

It is just as important to bring people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as it is to give them a document of ugliness, squalor, and despair.

I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.