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.

All art is the expression of one and the same thing- the relation of the spirit of man to the spirit of other men and to the world.

There still is some opposition to it in some museums and art schools, but I think photography has really grown into a mature art form.

To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.

The negative is the score, and the print the performance.

If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire.

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