Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or no technical knowledge of photography. A zone system photographer takes more responsibility. He visualizes before he presses the button, and afterwards calibrates for predictable print values.

In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis.

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself.

We could teach photography as a way to make a living, and best of all, somehow to get students to experience for themselves photography as a way of life.

The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one's own pictures is an overall goal.

The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better.

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously.