You don't take a photograph, you make it.

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

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence.

My wife - she could help me get the negs out!

The great rocks of Yosemite, expressing qualities of timeless yet intimate grandeur, are the most compelling formations of their kind. We should not casually pass them by, for they are the very heart of the earth speaking to us.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.