No amount of toying with shades of print or with printing papers will transform a commonplace photograph into anything other than a commonplace photograph.

The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal to his own interests will he produce a work of distinction.

Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare.

By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all. By professional standards I do not waste a lot of film; but by the standards of many of my colleagues I probably miss quite a few of my opportunities. Still, the things I am after are not in a hurry as a rule.

And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment.

I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.

Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.