I see my finished platinum print (in the viewfinder) in all its desired qualities, before my exposure.

The creative force in man recognizes and records these rhythms with the medium most suitable to him, the object, or the moment, feeling the cause, the life within the outer form. Recording unfelt facts, acquired by rule, results in sterile inventory. To see the Thing Itself is essential: the quintessence revealed direct without the fog of impressionism - the casual noting of the superficial phase, a transitory mood.

Arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, — finding things ready-made for a machine to record, and of course the mechanics of the medium. I say that chance enters into all branches of art.

When a photographer masters the tools and processes of the art, then the quality of the work is only limited by his creative vision.

For photography is a way to capture the moment - not just any moment, but the important one, this one moment out of all time when your subject is revealed to the fullest - that moment of perfection which comes once and is not repeated.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

I see no reason for recording the obvious.