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

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

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.

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

Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.

The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.

Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens, trusting the instrument will 'capture' something 'seen.' The terms shoot and take are not accidental; they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term make define a condition of empathy between the external and the internal events.