The photographer is the contemporary being par excellence; through his eyes the now becomes the past.

To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times-the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will, but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.

Photography helps people to see.

Imagine a world without photography, one could only imagine.

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.