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.

I wanted to combine science and photography in a sensible, unemotional way. Some people’s ideas of scientific photography is just arty design, something pretty. That was not the idea. The idea was to interpret science sensibly, with good proportion, good balance and good lighting, so we could understand it.

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 took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes me over the mountain of drudgery necessary to produce the final photograph.

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

Photography helps people to see.

I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it.