When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches.

This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.

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

I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.

"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach nature in a spirit of inquiry, of communion, instead of with the saucy swagger of self-dubbed "artists"."

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.

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