I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.

Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not only a condition of nature, but a state of mind and mood and heart. It cannot be confined to the museum-case status—seen only as a passing diorama from superlative throughways.

I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious to all that photographers whose images possess character and quality have attained them only by continued practice and total dedication to the medium.

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake.

Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price

A photograph is not an accident - is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.