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

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

My last word s that it all depends on what you visualize.

There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of chaos. You make a formal statement where there was none to begin with. All art is a combination of an external event and an internal event… I make a photograph to give you the equivalent of what I felt. Equivalent is still the best word.

How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.

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

You don't take a picture, you make a picture.