There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

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.

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when I preach sharpness, brilliancy, scale, etc., I am just mouthing words, because no words can really describe those terms and qualities it takes the actual print to say, “here it is.

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.

I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.