We must respect the atmosphere which surrounds the human being

I suddenly understood that a photograph could fix eternity in an instant.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.

This recognition, in real life, of a rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should be a constant of preoccupation, being a simultaneous coalition - an organic coordination of visual elements.

Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience.

Pictures should never be posed. They are 'revealed' so must be accepted as they are. Left alone.