Students were taught by doing.

While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at that moment, and for that person the photograph acts as a symbol or plays the role of a metaphor for something that is beyond the subject photographed.

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

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

I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice.

Students were taught by doing.

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts.