Photographers and artists contribute a lot to the world and have a right to exist in relative security and comfort.

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

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.

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.

To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.