No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

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.

The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for instance, without feeling the essential life - the things going on - within them. The same goes for a mountain, or a bit of the ocean, or a magnificent piece of old wood.

Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.

No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.