The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.

The technique of 35mm photography appears simple. One is beguiled by the quick viewing and operation, and by the very questionable inclination to make many pictures with the hope that some will be good.

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

A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels...

Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.

One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.

I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.