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.

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.

The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me.