In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work for him. I was teaching photography in Southern California at that point.
John SextonI really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.
John SextonPictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!
John SextonWhen I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there are people there that have exceptional abilities or have the potential to do exceptional things and you never know who those people are. My job is to provide the best information I can.
John SextonHe was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.
John SextonI think one of the aspects of photography that remains for me is I find the process still frustrating. The counter to that is that it's still very exciting. If you didn't have the frustration, you wouldn't have the excitement. If you didn't have the disappointment, you wouldn't have the magical intoxication of this process working.
John Sexton