Photography is inextricably linked with life; the photographer is not invisibly behind the camera but projecting a life-attitude through the lens to create an interference pattern with the image. Who he is, what he believes, not only becomes important to know intellectually, but also becomes revealed emotionally and visibly through a body of work.

True, there are photographers who are failed artists, but so are most artists.

If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph.

I start a lot of photo projects but never seem to. . . .

But there are times when thinking is misplaced, like when taking photographs. You cannot think your way to making photographs; you can photograph your way to clearer thinking.

If you take pictures does that make you an art thief?

The best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field.