It is just as important to bring people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as it is to give them a document of ugliness, squalor, and despair.

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

I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.

I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

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

I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.